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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. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?
(a) adding ofy to verbs and o to many nouns
(b) reversing word order in sentences
(c) speaking breathlessly and staccato
(d) making up senseless words

2. How does Moraes identify his family?
(a) as heirs to the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama
(b) as a family of many different ethnic backgrounds
(c) as great people who administered charties
(d) as frauds claiming to be what they are not

3. What is foreshadowed during Aurora's confinement to her room?
(a) that she will be a noted singer
(b) that she will be a great artist
(c) that she will be a great politician
(d) that she will be a great writer

4. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?
(a) Francisco da Gama's strange architecture preferences
(b) Francisco da Gama's religious fanatacism
(c) Francisco da Gama's scientific experiments
(d) Francisco da Gama's Indian nationalism

5. What does Aurora do to torment her father and uncle?
(a) commit acts of petty theft and vandalism
(b) paint pictures of them nude
(c) wail like a ghost at night
(d) leave notes on their doors at night

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aurora's goal in all her night time activity?

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

3. What do Aurora's pranks make Camoens believe?

4. Who eventually gains control of the family businesses?

5. How does aurora appear on the outside?

(see the answer key)

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