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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moraes say Aurora became in the annual celebration of Ganesha?
(a) the mad woman of Ganesha
(b) the star attraction of the festival she hated
(c) the official artist of Ganesha
(d) the lead dancer in the Ganesha procession

2. What does Moraes tell in the interest of full disclosure about his infancy?
(a) Minnie used to take off all his clothes
(b) he entered puberty at the age of eight
(c) his mother and sisters had abused him as a baby
(d) he often watch Vasco Miranda having sex

3. What was Jaya Hé caught doing that ended her job as tutor to Moor?
(a) teaching Moor religion
(b) putting Moor on public display
(c) having sex with Moor
(d) stealing household objects for pawn

4. What need does Moraes have to be candid about his parents' sex life?
(a) to explain his madness
(b) to tell his story fully and candidly
(c) to get even with his family
(d) to establish his legitimacy

5. Besides Aurora's pranks, what convinces Camoens that Belle is haunting the house?
(a) a medium who talks to Belle's ghost
(b) scratch marks on his body
(c) her face everywhere he looks
(d) complaints from others that they hear Belle's voice

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What taboo subject does he discuss in chapter 7?

3. What happens in the house after Epifania dies?

4. Who was the doorkeeper of Elephanta, Aurora's estate according to Moraes?

5. About what does Moraes soliloquize at the beginning of chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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