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

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

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

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

5. What was like the largest, hottest dish of curry ever cooked?
(a) the heatwave that killed the crops
(b) the anger of Epifania
(c) the fire at Spice Mountains
(d) the arguments between families

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?

5. How does Moraes identify his family?

(see the answer key)

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