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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. What foils the plan to take over the family business?
(a) the only grandchild is a girl, Aurora
(b) the brothers file a lawsuit
(c) Canoens gives the business to Leninists
(d) the British take over the spice business

2. Why does Camoens turn to secularism?
(a) in order to spite his mother
(b) another path would require to much sacrifice
(c) the greed of organized religion
(d) any other path would lead to sectarian violence

3. In reality, what is Aurora's character?
(a) a friendly, helpful young lady
(b) a thoughtless gossip
(c) a mutinous, inventively vicious prankster
(d) a lonely, unhappy artist

4. What foliage does Camoens says is all he need to hear?
(a) spice plants
(b) olive trees
(c) bougainvillias
(d) his family tree

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is foreshadowed during Aurora's confinement to her room?

2. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?

3. What exists in a Benengeli village on a hill?

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

5. What happens in the house after Epifania dies?

(see the answer key)

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