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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vasco Miranda enter the narrative?
(a) as competition to Aurora
(b) as a tutor for the children
(c) as a pet of Aurora's
(d) as the new driver

2. After the business is successful again, what does Flory do?
(a) gives Aurora a love potion to make her conceive
(b) threatens to kill Abraham
(c) takes the written promise of the son to Aurora
(d) brings the police to demand her payment

3. Who does Moor say is the woman who transformed, exalted and ruined his life?
(a) Uma Sarasvati
(b) Sister Floreas
(c) a prostitute he imports to the city
(d) Aurora

4. Where does Aurora allow Kekoo Mody to mount a retrospective exhibition of her works?
(a) the Prince of Wales Museum
(b) the Indian Parliament
(c) the British Consullate
(d) the Gandhi Museum

5. What does Moraes see about to disturb the peace of Bombay?
(a) two power centers that loomed around Aurora Zogoiby
(b) a conflict of major religions
(c) terrorism trying to divide the people
(d) capitalism and poverty

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?

3. What does the family legend say is in Flory's treasure chest?

4. Who does Uma say she has loved?

5. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?

(see the answer key)

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