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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 led Francisco da Gama to make changes in the house and chapel?
(a) religious fervor
(b) Ghandian simplicity
(c) punishment for Epifania
(d) artistic temperament

2. With whom does Epifania conspire to gain control of the family business?
(a) her daughters-in-law, Belle and Carmen
(b) the foreman at the family business
(c) her current lover
(d) her granddaughter, Aurora

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

4. What does Moraes call the Black Gold of Malabar?
(a) pepper
(b) ebony
(c) onyx
(d) oil

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?

2. What was like the largest, hottest dish of curry ever cooked?

3. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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