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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What foils the plan to take over the family business?
(a) the brothers file a lawsuit
(b) the only grandchild is a girl, Aurora
(c) Canoens gives the business to Leninists
(d) the British take over the spice business

3. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?
(a) he has escaped from prison
(b) he is leaving his wife
(c) he has embexxled a fortune
(d) he is chased by wolves

4. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?
(a) a clash over money
(b) a clash over his lover, Uma
(c) a disagreement about religion
(d) a disagreement about art

5. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?
(a) speaking breathlessly and staccato
(b) reversing word order in sentences
(c) making up senseless words
(d) adding ofy to verbs and o to many nouns

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?

2. Where is Moraes Zogoiby at the opening of the novel?

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

4. What do Aurora's pranks make Camoens believe?

5. Where does Aurora live?

(see the answer key)

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