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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 characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?
(a) adding ofy to verbs and o to many nouns
(b) reversing word order in sentences
(c) speaking breathlessly and staccato
(d) making up senseless words

2. What is foreshadowed during Aurora's confinement to her room?
(a) that she will be a great politician
(b) that she will be a noted singer
(c) that she will be a great writer
(d) that she will be a great artist

3. What did Francisco da Gama do to the family chapel?
(a) tear it down and put up a Buddhist temple
(b) decorate it Hindu style
(c) change it to a sterile, modernist motif
(d) change it into an office

4. What happens in the house after Epifania dies?
(a) it becomes merrier
(b) it is closed up for a month
(c) it turns dark
(d) it begins to crumble

5. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?
(a) Flory Roary
(b) Vasco Miranda
(c) Laslo Miranda
(d) Vasco da Gama

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does she open the windows at night?

2. What does the argument between Flory and her son reveal to the reader?

3. How does Epifania classify the renovated chapel?

4. Why does Camoens turn to secularism?

5. What does the family legend say is in Flory's treasure chest?

(see the answer key)

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