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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is represented in Aurora's paintings?
(a) deep religious convictions
(b) crime and punishment
(c) family history and Indian cultures
(d) the haunting of the house

3. What does Moraes say about breathing?
(a) breath is the spice of life
(b) babies and crones breathe differently
(c) we inhale the world and breath out meaning
(d) life is measured in the breaths we take

4. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?

3. Who makes a pilgrimage to Malgudi on the river Sarayu, to see the great Mahatma Gandhi?

4. Where has Moraes left a trail of written narratives?

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

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