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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Francisco's wife carrying when he meets her for the first time?
(a) A baby
(b) Ripe figs
(c) Green oranges
(d) A stack of aprons

2. How old is Francisco during the drought?
(a) Twelve
(b) One year, seven months
(c) Seven
(d) Seventeen

3. What does Manuelzinho say happened to his horse's ear?
(a) The horse was born that way
(b) Bugs ate it off
(c) A dog bit it off
(d) Manuelzinho himself bit it off

4. What color was Father Olimpio de Silva's cassock?
(a) Crimson
(b) Tangerine
(c) Maroon
(d) Orange

5. What color are Mama Wewe's eyes?
(a) The book doesn't specify
(b) Blue
(c) Brown
(d) Green

Short Answer Questions

1. What do members of the family think about the president's speech?

2. How hold is Francisco when his father dies?

3. What color is the jumpsuit worn by the photographer, Cyriaque Cabochichi?

4. What condition is placed on the family holding the memorial event?

5. Why does Mama Wewe attend singing services?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the goal of Francisco by the time a Portuguese ship arrives at the shore where Francisco is staying?

2. Describe Francisco's physical state just before his death.

3. Describe the women Francisco has in the military.

4. How does Cesario come to be adopted by Mama Wewe?

5. How does Mama Wewe come to fall in love with the professor?

6. Why is it that the king and Francisco clash over the king's cruelty to the slaves?

7. What is Francisco's life like after he leaves the priest?

8. Describe the final conversation between Mama Wewe and the professor.

9. How does Francisco treat his own slaves and how do the slaves react?

10. Briefly describe the ceremony that takes place before anyone else can eat.

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