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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the boys figure out how to play billiards when they find a billiard table?
(a) They don't
(b) They've watched it on television
(c) They've been taught by pool sharks
(d) An uncle shows them

2. Why does Mama Wewe kiss Cesario while he's dying of cholera?
(a) She wants to take the disease from him
(b) She knows he's going to die and she wants to die as well
(c) She hopes that it will comfort him
(d) She is telling him good-bye

3. What is the prevalent smell during March at the home of Joaquim's family?
(a) Roses
(b) Jasmine
(c) Tobacco
(d) Molasses

4. What happens to the man who gets his hand caught in a press on the farm?
(a) The overseer cuts his hand off
(b) Francisco cuts his hand off
(c) Francisco helps bandage the man's broken hand
(d) The man dies

5. Where is Mama Wewe lying?
(a) The grave of Francisco
(b) The floor
(c) A couch
(d) A bed

6. What color is the cat Francisco's first wife is often seen with?
(a) White
(b) Black
(c) Yellow
(d) Orange

7. What event did Mama Wewe celebrate in 1953?
(a) The birth of her fourth child
(b) The birth of her one hundredth great-grandchild
(c) Her one hundredth birthday
(d) Her one hundredth anniversary

8. What is the disease contracted by the professor's traveling partner?
(a) Polio
(b) Malaria
(c) Diptheria
(d) Flu

9. What time does the woman begin crying?
(a) Four o'clock
(b) Twenty-five minutes past eight
(c) Seven o'clock
(d) Eight o'clock

10. Where does the family head after the memorial event?
(a) The Portuguese Chapel
(b) A Portuguese sail boat
(c) The Portuguese Fort
(d) A Portuguese restaurant

11. How did Tupuitapera get its name?
(a) It's named for a small river
(b) It's named for a tribe of Indians
(c) It's named for a rock
(d) It's named for a beautiful woman who died there

12. What is significant about the trunks of the mango trees Mama Wewe passes as she walks with the professor?
(a) They have handholds for climbing
(b) They have names carved in them
(c) They've been whitewashed
(d) They've been sawed off

13. How hold is Francisco when his father dies?
(a) One month old
(b) Twenty-one years old
(c) Eleven years old
(d) One year old

14. What does one family member say a cowrie shell was used for in the United States?
(a) Something to write on
(b) Money
(c) Fuel
(d) Decoration

15. What color is the cloth Mama Wewe eventually drapes all around her room?
(a) Blue
(b) Black
(c) Yellow
(d) Purple

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT one of the fates that befell the family?

2. Why does Mama Wewe attend singing services?

3. What color was the limewash Modeste and Pierre used to paint?

4. What does Mama Wewe put in Cesario's hand before he's buried?

5. What is one of Francisco's principal amusements during his time in Bahia?

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