View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Aurora and Abraham have sex the first time?
(a) in the office of the da Gama business
(b) in the loft of the spice warehouse
(c) in the trees at Spice Mountain
(d) in Aurora's bedroom

2. How does the novel take a dark twist in the character of Abraham?
(a) his underworld dealings are revealed
(b) his killing of aurora is revealed
(c) his drug addiction is revealed
(d) his attempts to kill Moor are revealed

3. How does aurora appear on the outside?
(a) as the perfect child
(b) as a mentally unballanced child
(c) as a shy child
(d) as a noisy troublemaker

4. How does he get the money to restore the business after the losses?
(a) from Flory's treasure chest
(b) from leasing out the company ships
(c) from share cropping the spice fields
(d) from bank loans

5. Who does Uma say she has loved?
(a) only her late husband
(b) not anyone but Moor
(c) only herself
(d) only Moor and Jimmy Cashondelivery

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Camoens turn to secularism?

2. Who does Moor say is the woman who transformed, exalted and ruined his life?

3. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?

4. What is Aurora's unfinished, unsigned masterpiece?

5. How does Moraes classify Epifania's life?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 271 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample