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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the cause of Yovogan's death?
(a) He dies of cholera
(b) He dies of pneumonia
(c) He is poisoned
(d) He is shot

3. What disease does Dr. Ferraez report?
(a) Measles
(b) Yellow fever
(c) Chicken pox
(d) Small pox

4. In the verse the slaves chant on Francisco's plantation, what do the slaves predict about Francisco's well?
(a) That it will run dry when the slave trade ends
(b) That it will run dry soon
(c) That it will never run dry
(d) That it will produce tainted water

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

6. 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 figures and his reliability
(c) His head for money and his ability to understand other languages
(d) He ability to read and write

7. What do the military women do with the feet of their victims?
(a) There's no indication they do anything with the feet
(b) They cut them off and keep them for souvenirs
(c) They cut them off and feed them to hyenas
(d) They burn them off

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

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

10. Who does Jacinto's daughter marry?
(a) Francisco
(b) Isadoro
(c) The king
(d) No one

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

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

13. Who is Kankpe?
(a) The king's halfbrother
(b) Jijibou's brotehr
(c) A court musician
(d) A military man

14. Who arrives to convince Francisco to return to Ouidah?
(a) Jijipou
(b) Taparica
(c) The king
(d) Kankpe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Francisco know what time it is?

2. What does Francisco see on the after he's wakened from his siesta?

3. What solution does Francisco believe will put an end to his legal problems, allowing him to return to Brazil?

4. Which is true of Mr. George Lawson's factory?

5. What item becomes a symbol of revolt?

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