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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. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?
(a) the home of Dracula
(b) the Mount of Olives
(c) the home of the undead
(d) the death of Socrates

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

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

4. Why does she open the windows at night?
(a) to let in mosquitos to torment Epifania
(b) to let in the moonlight
(c) to let in boys who visit her at night
(d) to listen to the nightingales

5. To what does Moraes refer to as the sub-condiment?
(a) inferior quality spices
(b) the spice trail from China
(c) spices kept under the table
(d) India, exploited for its spices

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Moraes call the Black Gold of Malabar?

3. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

4. Where does Aurora live?

5. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?

(see the answer key)

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