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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 Moraes' medical problem?
(a) shortness of breath
(b) lameness
(c) tuberculosis
(d) a bad heart

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when distant relatives are invited to stay at the da Gama houses?

2. What is Ganesha?

3. What is Aurora's punishment for her mischief?

4. What happens to the chapel after Francisco dies?

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

(see the answer key)

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