View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scheme does Isadoro have in mind when he returns from France?
(a) A pineapple plantation
(b) A mill for producing flax
(c) A palm oil factory
(d) A fleet for slave trading

2. Who was the last to fall victim to the disease?
(a) Jacinto
(b) Isodoro
(c) The doctor
(d) Francisco

3. How are Francisco and Dona Luciana disguised as they try to sneak out of the country?
(a) As carnival dancers
(b) As a ship's captain and his mistress
(c) As a French nobleman and his wife
(d) As soldiers

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

5. What does the king do with the skulls of his slain enemy?
(a) Use them as teh base of his throne
(b) Holds conversations with them
(c) All the above
(d) Drinks from them

6. Francisco is dipped in a vat filled with what liquid?
(a) Wine
(b) Indigo
(c) Tar
(d) Water

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

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

9. How old was Jijibou when she married Francisco?
(a) Twenty
(b) Nineteen
(c) Twelve
(d) Sixteen

10. What is Yovogan wearing when he first encounters Francisco?
(a) Nothing
(b) Green brocade
(c) Pink satin
(d) White muslin

11. What information does Francisco share with Jacinto?
(a) Only the manufacturing side of the business
(b) Everything, including business secrets
(c) Only the finances of the business
(d) Only the trading aspects of the business

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

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

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

15. What group seems to be immune from the disease sweeping the region?
(a) The blacks
(b) The whites
(c) The mulattos
(d) No one

Short Answer Questions

1. Francisco woke one night during the voyage covered in vomit. Why?

2. What is the scene upon which Eugenia arrives as she is dying?

3. Why does Francisco decide to build the house he calls "Simbodji?"

4. What color is Francisco's hair at age fifty?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 536 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample