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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. What does the argument between Flory and her son reveal to the reader?
(a) that the son is illegitimate
(b) that the son is consecrated to God
(c) that the Zogoiby family is mortal enemy of da Gama
(d) history of the Jewish people to that day

2. What is the reader not sure of at this point in chapter four?
(a) whether it is disease or Miranda that will kill Moraes
(b) whether Moraes will give his last sigh
(c) whether anyone will find his notes
(d) whether or not Moraes is in his right mind

3. Which of the household servants could Aires not touch?
(a) the latrine cleaners
(b) the gardeners
(c) the boatmen
(d) the cooks

4. What does Aurora call the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth?
(a) A Liver Death
(b) Ollie Verdathe
(c) O Livid Earth
(d) Allover Death

5. What does Aurora do when she learns of the deal between Abraham and Flory?
(a) locks him out of her bedroom
(b) removes herself to Calcutta
(c) sends him to work in Bombay
(d) sends him to prison

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows Aurora and Abie to reunite?

2. Who was the doorkeeper of Elephanta, Aurora's estate according to Moraes?

3. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?

4. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?

5. What is the play on words in the names of Aurora's four children, Ina, Minnie, Mynah, and Moor?

(see the answer key)

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