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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 did Francisco da Gama do to the family chapel?
(a) change it into an office
(b) change it to a sterile, modernist motif
(c) tear it down and put up a Buddhist temple
(d) decorate it Hindu style

2. What does Aurora become?
(a) an artist of international renown
(b) a dutiful wife
(c) a hag like Epifania
(d) a benefactor of the poor

3. What is Aurora's punishment for her mischief?
(a) a public spanking
(b) banishment to a convent
(c) cancellation of her birthday party
(d) a week's detention in her room

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

5. What does the family legend say is in Flory's treasure chest?
(a) gold smuggled out of Spain
(b) a four hundred year old crown
(c) a golden statue of Siva
(d) diamonds from Africa

Short Answer Questions

1. From infancy through adolescence, what did Abraham see in the synagogue tiles?

2. What does Moraes call the Black Gold of Malabar?

3. How does Moraes classify Epifania's life?

4. What does Moraes lament?

5. Where did Aurora and Abraham have sex the first time?

(see the answer key)

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