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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ganesha?
(a) a kind of Hindu offering left before Siva
(b) a type of rare emerald found only in India
(c) a Hindu god with a human body and an elephant head
(d) a special food prepared for Hindu holy days

2. What does Aurora do locked in her room, allowing no one to enter?
(a) working on her art
(b) leaving by her window
(c) writing a diary
(d) cutting off all her hair

3. In reality, what is Aurora's character?
(a) a mutinous, inventively vicious prankster
(b) a lonely, unhappy artist
(c) a friendly, helpful young lady
(d) a thoughtless gossip

4. What is the literary symbolism of Moraes' nailing his passages along his escape route?
(a) Martin Luther's theses on the church door
(b) Star of David nailed over Jewish doors
(c) boards nailed over sensual mosaics
(d) Christ nailed to the corss

5. What foliage does Camoens says is all he need to hear?
(a) spice plants
(b) bougainvillias
(c) his family tree
(d) olive trees

Short Answer Questions

1. What taboo subject does he discuss in chapter 7?

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

3. For what is the synagogue famous?

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

5. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?

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