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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 happened after Flory's son was born?
(a) her husband died
(b) her husband took two more wives
(c) her husband went to prison
(d) her husband abandoned her

2. Who come to the defense of Aurora and Abraham?
(a) Vasco and Sahara
(b) Flory and D'Aeth
(c) Aires and Carmen
(d) Belle and Carmen

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

4. What taboo subject does he discuss in chapter 7?
(a) his own sexual experiences
(b) his great uncle's homosexuality
(c) his parents' sexual activity
(d) his mother's nude paintings

5. Why does she open the windows at night?
(a) to let in mosquitos to torment Epifania
(b) to let in boys who visit her at night
(c) to listen to the nightingales
(d) to let in the moonlight

Short Answer Questions

1. How does aurora appear on the outside?

2. What changes Camoens from Gandhi to Nehru?

3. Who makes a pilgrimage to Malgudi on the river Sarayu, to see the great Mahatma Gandhi?

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

5. Who is Flory Zogoiby's husband and father of her child?

(see the answer key)

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