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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abie do at first when taking over the family business to run?
(a) he stockpiles spices until they are safe to ship
(b) he loses three shiploads of spice to German U-boats
(c) he squanders money until the company nearly fails
(d) he starts doing exclusive business with the Germans

2. What is a likely reason Flory had made her money?
(a) she had smuggled hasheesh
(b) she had embezzled from the synagogue
(c) she had been a prostitute
(d) she had been a fence for jewel thieves

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

4. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's emotional problem?
(a) his fear of the Jews
(b) his distrust of Aurora
(c) his fear of his parishioners
(d) his consumming lust for Aurora

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moraes say about breathing?

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

3. What does the family legend say is in Flory's treasure chest?

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

5. What is represented in Aurora's paintings?

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