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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the family of Francisco Manoel da Silva plan to honor his memory?
(a) With a series of speeches and dinner
(b) With a Requiem Mass and dinner
(c) With a burial and dinner
(d) With dinner a a play

2. What object is under a glass dome on the mantle of Mama Wewe's home?
(a) A silver ring
(b) A lock of Cesario's hair
(c) A bust of her father
(d) A clock

3. What month was the memorial event held?
(a) May
(b) January
(c) April
(d) March

4. What musical instrument is being played as the memorial event takes place?
(a) Trumpet
(b) Clarinet
(c) Piano
(d) Organ

5. Why does Mama Wewe choose azure cloth to wrap Cesario's body?
(a) It's the color of the sea
(b) It's the color of a robin's egg
(c) It's the color of clouds
(d) It's the colors Angels wear in Heaven

6. Why do the other boys make fun of Cesario?
(a) Because of his blond hair and green eyes
(b) Becuase of his name
(c) Because of his limp and crossed eyes
(d) Because of his dark curly hair and brown eyes

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

8. What is the occupation of the man with whom Manuelzinho leaves Francisco after his mother's death?
(a) He's a ferryman
(b) He's a cattle rancher
(c) He's a dairy farmer
(d) He's a priest

9. What religion is Rosemary da Silva?
(a) Methodist
(b) Baptist
(c) Catholic
(d) Atheist

10. What deformity does Manuelzinho have?
(a) He limps
(b) He is hare-lipped
(c) He wears a patch over one eye
(d) He has one hand

11. How many tears does Francisco say he sheds for his mother?
(a) Only one
(b) None
(c) Too many to count
(d) About a million

12. How long has Francisco Manoel da Silva been dead at the time of the gathering to honor his memory?
(a) Seventeen months
(b) Seventeen years
(c) One hundred and seventeen years
(d) Seventeen days

13. How old is Agostinho-Ezekiel da Silva?
(a) Eighty-nine
(b) Nineteen
(c) Forty-three
(d) One hundred and seventeen

14. What color was Father Olimpio de Silva's cassock?
(a) Orange
(b) Tangerine
(c) Maroon
(d) Crimson

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does cholera infect the community?

2. Why is the memorial event almost canceled?

3. What is Francisco de Silva's Brazilian name?

4. What color are the shutters on the house where Mama Wewe is staying?

5. How do members of the family listen to the presidential speech that evening?

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