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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. How does cholera infect the community?
(a) No one knows
(b) It was brought in by someone who had traveled to France
(c) It was brought in by a merchant returning from China
(d) It was brought ashore by someone who arrived on a ship

2. What color does Francisco's wife always wear?
(a) Pink
(b) Orange
(c) Black
(d) Green

3. What does Joaquim say his mother did following her husband's death?
(a) Took over the farm
(b) Grieved herself to death
(c) Remarried
(d) Sold her diamonds

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

5. How many days pass during which the professor could not come to shore because of bad weather?
(a) Fifty-five
(b) Fifty
(c) Fifteen
(d) Five

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tupuitapera get its name?

2. What color is the cloth Mama Wewe eventually drapes all around her room?

3. What color are the shutters on Francisco's childhood home?

4. What does Francisco do when he finds a stray animal on his property?

5. How do members of the family listen to the presidential speech that evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Francisco and his first wife.

2. Why is Candido da Silva chosen to be the head of the family and what's his fate?

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

4. What does Jacinto do to ingratiate himself with the king and what is the result?

5. What is the effect of the drought on the animals?

6. What steps does Mama Wewe take at the final moments of Cesario's life and after his death?

7. How does Francisco come to be called "the elephant?"

8. What kind of young man does Isodoro turn out to be and what happens to him?

9. List at least three details about Simbodji.

10. Where do the most valuable slaves originate and why is it a problem?

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