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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Moraes Zogoiby at the opening of the novel?
(a) a graveyard in Spain
(b) on a ship in the ocean
(c) on top of a mountain
(d) on his deathbed

2. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?
(a) a disagreement about religion
(b) a clash over money
(c) a clash over his lover, Uma
(d) a disagreement about art

3. What foils the plan to take over the family business?
(a) Canoens gives the business to Leninists
(b) the only grandchild is a girl, Aurora
(c) the brothers file a lawsuit
(d) the British take over the spice business

4. How did the people of Bombay regard Aurora da Gama?
(a) as ethereal
(b) as demonic
(c) as angelic
(d) as helpless

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is foreshadowed during Aurora's confinement to her room?

3. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

4. Who is the person he begins his narrative with?

5. How does Epifania classify the renovated chapel?

(see the answer key)

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