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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Epifania classify the renovated chapel?
(a) as fitting for an art gallery
(b) as fitting for a king
(c) as fitting for the body and blood of Christ
(d) as fitting for a birthday cake

2. What does Moraes say about breathing?
(a) we inhale the world and breath out meaning
(b) life is measured in the breaths we take
(c) breath is the spice of life
(d) babies and crones breathe differently

3. What do Aurora's pranks make Camoens believe?
(a) that Epifania has lost her mind
(b) that Epifania is trying to drive him away
(c) the house is haunted by his recently-deceased wife
(d) that Aires is trying to kill him

4. What led Francisco da Gama to make changes in the house and chapel?
(a) punishment for Epifania
(b) Ghandian simplicity
(c) artistic temperament
(d) religious fervor

5. From infancy through adolescence, what did Abraham see in the synagogue tiles?
(a) visions of his absent father
(b) visions of a girl like Aurora
(c) visions of the prophets
(d) visions of the martyrs

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually gains control of the family businesses?

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. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?

5. How did Francisco leave his estate and the Gama Trading Company?

(see the answer key)

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