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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the papers say about Aurora's paintings the morning after her exhibition?
(a) she is completely ignored
(b) she is blasted as an artistic has-been
(c) she is called the greatest artist of all time
(d) she is called an artistic whore

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

3. In her fifties, what style does Aurora's paintings take?
(a) realism
(b) cubism
(c) black and white abstraction
(d) pointilism

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is foreshadowed during Aurora's confinement to her room?

2. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?

3. What is represented in Aurora's paintings?

4. What is Moraes' physical deformity at birth?

5. How does Aurora react to her portrait?

(see the answer key)

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