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

2. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?
(a) sentence them to 15 years in prison
(b) exile them to Spain
(c) arrest them for treason
(d) fine them for the fire

3. What do Aurora's pranks make Camoens believe?
(a) the house is haunted by his recently-deceased wife
(b) that Epifania has lost her mind
(c) that Epifania is trying to drive him away
(d) that Aires is trying to kill him

4. Where does Aurora live?
(a) in her grandmother's household
(b) in her own mansion
(c) in her uncle Aires' house
(d) in a small cottage behind Epifania's mansion

5. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?
(a) the legends of the peppery da Gamas of Cochin
(b) the times of the crazy da Gamas of Cochin
(c) the legends of the battling da Gamas of Cochin
(d) the spice of the legendary da Gamas of Cochin

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?

3. What did Francisco da Gama do to the family chapel?

4. To what does Moraes refer to as the sub-condiment?

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

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