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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Moraes refer to as the sub-condiment?
(a) India, exploited for its spices
(b) spices kept under the table
(c) inferior quality spices
(d) the spice trail from China

2. What does Epifania's example cause the rest of the family to do?
(a) fear her connection to God
(b) take up Catholicism
(c) throw off organized religion
(d) join in her religious devotion

3. Which of the household servants could Aires not touch?
(a) the gardeners
(b) the cooks
(c) the latrine cleaners
(d) the boatmen

4. Who says, with that God stuff I got scared?
(a) Epifania
(b) Camoens
(c) Aires
(d) Moraes

5. What does Aurora witness in the chapel?
(a) Epifania's dance
(b) Epifania's meeting with a lover
(c) Epifania's demise
(d) Epifania's confession

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

2. What happens when distant relatives are invited to stay at the da Gama houses?

3. Besides Aurora's pranks, what convinces Camoens that Belle is haunting the house?

4. Where has Moraes left a trail of written narratives?

5. What led Francisco da Gama to make changes in the house and chapel?

(see the answer key)

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