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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Francisco see on the after he's wakened from his siesta?
(a) Naked men working
(b) Yovogan gathering reeds
(c) Young men practicing marksmanship
(d) Children playing a game with reeds

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

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

7. What sound does Francisco hear from the home of the doctor's wife that makes him stop to listen?
(a) A scream
(b) An argument
(c) The pounding of spices
(d) A song

8. Who is it that asks Francisco what gifts he has?
(a) A royal soldier
(b) A royal eunich
(c) A royal messenger
(d) A royal musician

9. What do the captives believe is to be their fate as soon as they see the slave ships?
(a) They'll be sent to America
(b) They'll be sold to plantations
(c) They'll be forced to work in mines
(d) They'll be eaten

10. 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

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

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

13. Why does Francisco decide to build the house he calls "Simbodji?"
(a) He was homesick
(b) He was asked to leave the fort for military housing
(c) His family had outgrown the fort
(d) He was so wealthy that living in the fort was an embarrassment

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Dr. Ferraez report?

2. What sound does Taparica make to clear the way when Francisco is traveling through the town?

3. What does Dona Luciana wear on a velvet ribbon?

4. Who does Jacinto's daughter marry?

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

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