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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's physical problem?
(a) acute allergic reaction to spice
(b) serious asthma
(c) recurring consumption
(d) intollerance of the Indian heat

2. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?
(a) a short, obese thirteen year old
(b) a short, beautiful thirteen year old
(c) a tall, thin, thirteen year old
(d) a tall, square thirteen year old

3. Who was the doorkeeper of Elephanta, Aurora's estate according to Moraes?
(a) deaf-eared Lambajan Chandiwala
(b) peg-legged Lambajan Chandiwala
(c) bow-legged Lambajan Chandiwala
(d) cross-eyed Lambajan Chandiwala

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aurora's goal in all her night time activity?

2. How does Epifania classify the renovated chapel?

3. Who steps up to claim responsibility for the disappearances of things in the house?

4. What happens in the house after Epifania dies?

5. How does Vasco Miranda enter the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aurora begin her art career?

2. How does Aurora manage to upset the Hindu-Muslim population of India?

3. Why are Camoens and Aires given fifteen year prison sentences?

4. How do Aurora and Moor react to the presence of Uma?

5. What is the first thing Epifania does the day after Francisco dies?

6. What evidence does Camoens have that the ghost of his late wife is still in the house?

7. What is unusual about Moor's birth and growth?

8. How is Aurora's wish fulfilled in Moraes?

9. How does Moor get to know more about his mother and father and their relationship?

10. What does the once-renowned private investigator, Dom Minto, find out about Uma?

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