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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How soon after the death of Francisco's father does his mother "take up" with another man?
(a) Withing two years
(b) Within months
(c) Within weeks
(d) Winthin a year

2. How does Francisco and Joaquim spend much of their time?
(a) All the above
(b) Waving at Joaquim's sisters
(c) Training hounds
(d) Fighting gamecocks

3. How old is Francisco during the drought?
(a) Seventeen
(b) Seven
(c) One year, seven months
(d) Twelve

4. What condition is placed on the family holding the memorial event?
(a) That they wear masks so they don't spread the flu
(b) That they pay in advance for the use of the church
(c) That they pay homage to the military leaders
(d) That they listen to a specific broadcast

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

6. How does cholera infect the community?
(a) It was brought ashore by someone who arrived on a ship
(b) No one knows
(c) It was brought in by a merchant returning from China
(d) It was brought in by someone who had traveled to France

7. Where is the woman when she begins to cry?
(a) The opening of the pantry
(b) The belly of the compound
(c) The doorway of the main house
(d) The cemetery

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

9. What game does the professor play with Mama Wewe's brother, Antonio?
(a) Croquet
(b) Darts
(c) Billiards
(d) Spades

10. How many years pass before Francisco brands the first of his own cattle?
(a) Thirteen
(b) He never brands
(c) Two
(d) None

11. What do members of the family think about the president's speech?
(a) They don't really listen
(b) They believe he's on the right track
(c) They are worried that their lives will soon change
(d) They are angry and upset

12. Uncle Procopio says the family would starve without what crop?
(a) Money
(b) Walnuts
(c) Peanuts
(d) Cabbage

13. Which of the following was NOT one of the fates that befell the family?
(a) A mudslide collapsing one wall of the compound
(b) Loss of revenue from the slave trade
(c) Damage from a tornado
(d) Burning of several houses after a roasting nut caught on fire

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

15. What scene was depicted on the rattan mat in the bar where Uncle Procopio stopped for a drink?
(a) Dogs in a desert landscape
(b) Horses in a river landscape
(c) Elephants in an African landscape
(d) Giraffes in a Chinese landscape

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama Wewe choose azure cloth to wrap Cesario's body?

2. What does Joaquim say his mother did following her husband's death?

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

4. What color are the shutters on Francisco's childhood home?

5. What fruit is on a plate near Mama Wewe?

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