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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dr. Ferraez and his wife live?
(a) Above the pharmacy
(b) In Francisco's house
(c) Above the governor's suite
(d) In a hotel

2. What do some believe about the king's bravery?
(a) He is very brave
(b) He is brave only if pushed
(c) He is brave when surrounded by his army
(d) He is never brave

3. In what month does the king go to war?
(a) January
(b) May
(c) December
(d) October

4. What factors make Francisco take Jacinto as his assistant?
(a) His condemnation of the slave trade and his understanding of finance
(b) His head for money and his ability to understand other languages
(c) His head for figures and his reliability
(d) He ability to read and write

5. What name is given to the military group made up of women?
(a) The Vestial Virgins
(b) Francisco's Furious Fighters
(c) The Warring Women of Ouidah
(d) The King's Leopard Wives

6. What point does Francisco emphasize in his letter to Joaquim?
(a) His suffering at the hands of the king
(b) The loss of his fortune
(c) The need to help Kankpe's quest to become king
(d) The current financial situation

7. What do the Da Silva boys wear until they are about seven years old?
(a) Nothing
(b) Long dresses
(c) Button-up shirts and slacks
(d) Shorts and t-shirts

8. What is the toy Eugenia is given after her mother's death?
(a) An abacus
(b) A wagon
(c) A wooden doll
(d) A small train

9. What happens to end Taparica's torture?
(a) The king intervenes
(b) He tells them what they want to know
(c) The powder magazine explodes
(d) His tormentors give up

10. How long does it take Francisco to send forty-five loads of slaves to Bahia?
(a) Two months
(b) Two years
(c) Two decades
(d) Two weeks

11. What is Francisco doing when he learns that the king has been dethroned?
(a) Loading slaves aboard a ship
(b) Playing chess
(c) Overseeing work in Mr. Lawson's factory
(d) Sleeping on the beach

12. Why are the slaves amazed to see Francisco work on the repairs to the fort?
(a) They believe he's too lazy to work
(b) They were told whites weren't capable of the work
(c) They aren't accustomed to whites working
(d) They weren't aware he would know how to work

13. What does Francisco smell like when he arrives in Ouidah?
(a) Sweat and excrement
(b) Vanilla and tea leaves
(c) Mangrove and dead fish
(d) Seaweed and spice

14. Which statement is true of Mr. George Lawson?
(a) He is mulatto
(b) he owns a factory in Popos
(c) All the above
(d) He is a hunchback

15. What is Francisco buried in?
(a) A wooden box
(b) A sack
(c) A rum barrel
(d) A gold casket

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the story Francisco tells his twin daughters that makes them scream?

2. What demands does Francisco make of the king?

3. What do women think of the sounds of Swiss musical clocks?

4. What item becomes a symbol of revolt?

5. What was the first picture Francisco had on the wall facing his bed?

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