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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the play on words in the names of Aurora's four children, Ina, Minnie, Mynah, and Moor?
(a) in a meany minor mow
(b) I'm a minna in my moat
(c) eeny, meeny, miney, moe
(d) in a minute mighty Moe

2. Who serves as model for Aurora's Moor paintings?
(a) Abraham
(b) Lambajan
(c) Vasco
(d) Moraes

3. Where has Moraes left a trail of written narratives?
(a) nailed to gates, fences, and trees along his way
(b) in cemeteries from India to Spain
(c) in letters to a promanent journalist
(d) in safe deposit vaults of several banks

4. What does Moraes say he has already nailed up?
(a) his family's secrets
(b) his epic poetry
(c) his suicide notes
(d) his last will and testament

5. Who is the character arriving at the end of Chapter 13 that the Moor hints will drive a wedge between him and Aurora?
(a) Ida Sorrensen
(b) Ura Sahara
(c) Ima Silvester
(d) Uma Sarasvati

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Uma die?

2. How does the novel take a dark twist in the character of Abraham?

3. What does Moraes say he learns to accept?

4. Who eventually gains control of the family businesses?

5. How does Moraes say Lambajan lost his leg?

(see the answer key)

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