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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 is Aurora's goal in all her night time activity?
(a) to have a good laugh
(b) to belittle her uncle
(c) to kill her grandmother
(d) to terrorize her father

2. Who makes a pilgrimage to Malgudi on the river Sarayu, to see the great Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Camoens
(b) Moraes
(c) Aires
(d) Epifania

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

4. What is Aurora's punishment for her mischief?
(a) banishment to a convent
(b) a week's detention in her room
(c) cancellation of her birthday party
(d) a public spanking

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Aurora's pranks make Camoens believe?

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

3. Who says, with that God stuff I got scared?

4. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?

5. How is Abraham's physical infirmity introduced?

(see the answer key)

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