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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama Wewe attend singing services?

2. What is significant about the trunks of the mango trees Mama Wewe passes as she walks with the professor?

3. What deformity does Manuelzinho have?

4. What is Francisco de Silva's Brazilian name?

5. What color is Rosemary da Silva's dress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the descendants of Dom Francisco arrive for the mass?

3. What does Francisco recall about his life with his mother after the arrival of Manuelzinho?

4. What is the effect of Francisco's insistence that he deal fairly with everyone?

5. List at least three details about Simbodji.

6. How does Francisco's father die?

7. What happens after Dr. Ferraez catches yellow fever?

8. Describe a few key features in the house Francisco builds.

9. What does Mama Wewe remember about the professor as he is leaving headed into the forest?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Eugenia. What is the name many people call her as an adult? What is the significance of hte name?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the deaths of Francisco and Dona Luciana. What do the two mean to each other? Why does their relationship develop? What is the result of that relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Francisco is arrested on more than one occasion while in Ouidah. Describe how and why he is arrested. What is the result of these arrests?

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