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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What event does Francisco host each Saturday after the groups of Brazilians colonize the region?
(a) A dance
(b) A dinner
(c) A picnic
(d) A barn raising

3. What is the fate of Francisco's twin daughters?
(a) They live to be old, marry and have children of their own
(b) They die at sea
(c) They are sold into prostitution
(d) They live to be old women but never marry

4. Why does Francisco's son save everything his father writes?
(a) He hopes to ifnd clues about the fortune he believes his father has hidden
(b) He knows his father is wise and wants to learn
(c) He wants to give the words to his own son someday
(d) He is ordered to be sure his father doesn't give away state secrets

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

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

7. What is Taparica the Tambour wearing when Francisco arrives?
(a) A ragged Turkish rug
(b) A top hat
(c) A loose-fitting dress coat
(d) Brown sandals

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

9. 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

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

11. Who buries Taparica?
(a) A group of mourners
(b) Jacinto
(c) Francisco
(d) No one, his body is left to rot

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the slaves amazed to see Francisco work on the repairs to the fort?

2. What is the second part of the pardon Francisco eventually receives?

3. Where does Francisco live?

4. Why did the Portuguese boat stop at Popos?

5. What is the souvenir Francisco provides to visiting French dignitaries?

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