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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. What does Aurora do when she learns of the deal between Abraham and Flory?
(a) locks him out of her bedroom
(b) sends him to prison
(c) sends him to work in Bombay
(d) removes herself to Calcutta

2. What is the analogy to Rumpelstiltskin?
(a) Abraham uses blackmail to get the jewels
(b) Flory gives Abraham a deadline to produce the son
(c) Flory demands his firstborn son
(d) Flory can get more jewels by a spinning wheel

3. What happens when distant relatives are invited to stay at the da Gama houses?
(a) Epifania calms down
(b) additions have to be made to the houses
(c) nephews become interested in the family businesses
(d) war between the families

4. Who does Moraes say helped Aurora when Abraham collapsed?
(a) the three girls
(b) an old mushroom-selling crone
(c) peg-leg Lambajan Chandiwala
(d) a mysterious dark-skinned man

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term of endearment does Aurora use when speaking of Abraham?

2. Who succeeds in rousing the rabble of Cochin against the unorthodox couple?

3. Where does Aurora allow Kekoo Mody to mount a retrospective exhibition of her works?

4. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?

5. How is Abraham's physical infirmity introduced?

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