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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the walls of Abomy palace are made of?
(a) Mortar
(b) Blood, sweat and tears
(c) Adobe
(d) Mud and blood

2. What do the slaves do each morning while awaiting transport?
(a) Eat then go to the mines
(b) Eat, bathe and dance
(c) Eat, then work on the repairs to the fort
(d) Eat then go to the fields

3. Why is Francisco not executed?
(a) He is old and bound to die soon
(b) He pleads for mercy
(c) He is the king's blood brother
(d) He is not found guilty of any crime

4. What do the king's tax-collectors take from Francisco's home?
(a) All the cowrie shells
(b) Art and furniture
(c) Everything
(d) Everything that contains silver and gold

5. What was the main ambition of Jijibou's father?
(a) To have a white son-in-law
(b) To have his daughter well cared for
(c) To become wealthy
(d) To have grandchildren

6. What solution does Francisco believe will put an end to his legal problems, allowing him to return to Brazil?
(a) A donation to charity
(b) A marriage between his family and that of a Brazilian family
(c) The birth of a child on Brazilian soil
(d) A bribe to the baron

7. What is the souvenir Francisco provides to visiting French dignitaries?
(a) A toothpick holder shaped like a porcupine
(b) A silver toothpick shaped like a python
(c) A golden bowl shaped like a skull
(d) A tapestry with a mythical creature woven into it

8. It's noted that Jijibou grows into a woman with a shape that resembles what?
(a) A chicken
(b) A child
(c) A horse
(d) A barmaid

9. What color is Francisco's hair at age fifty?
(a) Red
(b) Black
(c) Gray
(d) Golden

10. What is the second part of the pardon Francisco eventually receives?
(a) A commendation for his role in ending the slave trade
(b) A declaration of debt and bankruptcy
(c) A promise to restore all his property in Ouidah
(d) A promise to restore all his property in Brazil

11. Why did Francisco replace that first painting?
(a) It made him seasick
(b) It made him angry
(c) It made him hungry
(d) It made him homesick

12. What is the cause of Dona Luciana's death?
(a) A heart attack
(b) She's executed
(c) Poison
(d) She drowns at sea

13. What are the ships named for?
(a) Birds
(b) Lovely women
(c) Indian tribes
(d) Crops

14. Where does Francisco live?
(a) In a hotel
(b) In the fort
(c) Aboard the slave ship
(d) Over the governor's suite

15. How does Francisco know what time it is?
(a) From his watch
(b) By the actions of those around him
(c) He asks
(d) From the sun and the constellations

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ships are commissioned by Francisco, either privately or with partners?

2. Francisco is dipped in a vat filled with what liquid?

3. What does "Simbodji" mean?

4. What scheme does Isadoro have in mind when he returns from France?

5. What does Taparica tell the slaves about their future homes?

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