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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Francisco leave his estate and the Gama Trading Company?
(a) equally divided between his two sons
(b) totally to Epifania
(c) half to his family and half to the nationalist movement
(d) to a charity for homeless Indians

2. What does Moraes tell the reader about the dark side of Vasco Miranda's personality?
(a) moodiness and holding grudges
(b) drug smuggling and assassinations
(c) aggressive fury, alcohol and drug abuse, bisexual orgies
(d) dealing in black magic and sorcery

3. What does Aurora witness in the chapel?
(a) Epifania's demise
(b) Epifania's dance
(c) Epifania's confession
(d) Epifania's meeting with a lover

4. Besides Aurora's pranks, what convinces Camoens that Belle is haunting the house?
(a) a medium who talks to Belle's ghost
(b) complaints from others that they hear Belle's voice
(c) scratch marks on his body
(d) her face everywhere he looks

5. What does Moraes say Aurora found out about the mushroom crone?
(a) she was a ghost that people sometimes saw
(b) she was a well known witch at Lonavla caves
(c) no one had ever heard of her
(d) everyone called her the madwoman

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the house after Epifania dies?

2. In her fifties, what style does Aurora's paintings take?

3. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?

4. What is Moraes' physical deformity at birth?

5. Who does Uma say she has loved?

(see the answer key)

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