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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Epifania's last words?
(a) a blessing for Aurora
(b) a curse on Aurora
(c) a prayer to St. Francis
(d) a song of praise

2. What exists in a Benengeli village on a hill?
(a) a cave of buried treasure
(b) a shrine to St. Helena
(c) a lighthouse for ships
(d) Vasco Miranda's fortress

3. How does Moraes identify his family?
(a) as a family of many different ethnic backgrounds
(b) as heirs to the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama
(c) as great people who administered charties
(d) as frauds claiming to be what they are not

4. What angers Aires by their disappearance?
(a) his transvestite clothes
(b) his latest two lovers
(c) his beloved ivories and Ganesha statues
(d) his little black address and telephone book

5. Where did Aurora and Abraham have sex the first time?
(a) in the trees at Spice Mountain
(b) in Aurora's bedroom
(c) in the loft of the spice warehouse
(d) in the office of the da Gama business

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Epifania conspire to gain control of the family business?

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

3. What does the argument between Flory and her son reveal to the reader?

4. In reality, what is Aurora's character?

5. What does Moraes call the Black Gold of Malabar?

(see the answer key)

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