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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. Why does Flory Zogoiby object to her son's marrying Aurora?
(a) because she is too young
(b) because she knows he is homosexual
(c) because she doesn't want him to marry
(d) because she is not a Jewess

2. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?
(a) the times of the crazy da Gamas of Cochin
(b) the spice of the legendary da Gamas of Cochin
(c) the legends of the peppery da Gamas of Cochin
(d) the legends of the battling da Gamas of Cochin

3. How does Moraes classify Epifania's life?
(a) a relative life of ease
(b) a contageous life of bitterness
(c) an obvious life of rebellion
(d) a conspicuous life of prayer

4. After the business is successful again, what does Flory do?
(a) brings the police to demand her payment
(b) gives Aurora a love potion to make her conceive
(c) takes the written promise of the son to Aurora
(d) threatens to kill Abraham

5. To what does Moraes refer to as the sub-condiment?
(a) spices kept under the table
(b) the spice trail from China
(c) India, exploited for its spices
(d) inferior quality spices

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moraes lament?

2. Which of the household servants could Aires not touch?

3. What is Moraes' physical deformity at birth?

4. What is Moraes' medical problem?

5. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to the rescue when Aires is physically abusing the servants over lost artifacts?

2. Detail the demise of Abraham's mother.

3. Explain what is special about the blue tiles in the synagogue.

4. How does Moor refer to the dysfunction of his family?

5. Returning several decades before Aurora's death, how to readers learn about the arrival of a doorman?

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

7. How does Moor describe the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth, rector of the church?

8. How does Vasco Miranda come into the lives of the Zogoiby family?

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

10. After gaining entry into Vasco's house, what prevents Miranda from killing Moor?

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