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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. When did Aurora's and Abraham's conjugal relations cease?
(a) after Moraes is born
(b) after Aurora starts dancing on the roof
(c) after Aurora meets Vasco Miranda
(d) after Abraham has an affair

2. Who commissions Miranda to paint a portrait of Aurora and her newborn daughter Ina?
(a) Aurora
(b) Flory
(c) Aires
(d) Abraham

3. How did the people of Bombay regard Aurora da Gama?
(a) as ethereal
(b) as helpless
(c) as demonic
(d) as angelic

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

5. How does he get the money to restore the business after the losses?
(a) from share cropping the spice fields
(b) from Flory's treasure chest
(c) from leasing out the company ships
(d) from bank loans

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?

3. What does Aurora do to torment her father and uncle?

4. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?

5. What does Moraes say he is doing faster than he should?

(see the answer key)

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