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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the argument between Flory and her son reveal to the reader?
(a) that the Zogoiby family is mortal enemy of da Gama
(b) that the son is illegitimate
(c) that the son is consecrated to God
(d) history of the Jewish people to that day

2. Who steps up to claim responsibility for the disappearances of things in the house?
(a) Aurora
(b) the houseboys
(c) the gardeners
(d) the latrine cleaners

3. What does Aurora do to torment her father and uncle?
(a) commit acts of petty theft and vandalism
(b) paint pictures of them nude
(c) wail like a ghost at night
(d) leave notes on their doors at night

4. Where does Aurora live?
(a) in her grandmother's household
(b) in her uncle Aires' house
(c) in her own mansion
(d) in a small cottage behind Epifania's mansion

5. With whom does Epifania conspire to gain control of the family business?
(a) her current lover
(b) the foreman at the family business
(c) her granddaughter, Aurora
(d) her daughters-in-law, Belle and Carmen

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?

2. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?

3. What is a likely reason Flory had made her money?

4. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

5. Who eventually gains control of the family businesses?

(see the answer key)

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