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

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

3. What does Aurora do locked in her room, allowing no one to enter?
(a) leaving by her window
(b) cutting off all her hair
(c) working on her art
(d) writing a diary

4. What is Aurora's goal in all her night time activity?
(a) to belittle her uncle
(b) to terrorize her father
(c) to kill her grandmother
(d) to have a good laugh

5. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?
(a) the Mount of Olives
(b) the home of the undead
(c) the home of Dracula
(d) the death of Socrates

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary symbolism of Moraes' nailing his passages along his escape route?

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

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

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

5. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?

(see the answer key)

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