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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?
(a) the death of Socrates
(b) the home of the undead
(c) the Mount of Olives
(d) the home of Dracula

4. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?
(a) speaking breathlessly and staccato
(b) adding ofy to verbs and o to many nouns
(c) making up senseless words
(d) reversing word order in sentences

5. What foliage does Camoens says is all he need to hear?
(a) spice plants
(b) bougainvillias
(c) olive trees
(d) his family tree

6. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?
(a) Francisco da Gama's Indian nationalism
(b) Francisco da Gama's scientific experiments
(c) Francisco da Gama's strange architecture preferences
(d) Francisco da Gama's religious fanatacism

7. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?
(a) the legends of the peppery da Gamas of Cochin
(b) the times of the crazy da Gamas of Cochin
(c) the legends of the battling da Gamas of Cochin
(d) the spice of the legendary da Gamas of Cochin

8. Besides Aurora's pranks, what convinces Camoens that Belle is haunting the house?
(a) complaints from others that they hear Belle's voice
(b) scratch marks on his body
(c) her face everywhere he looks
(d) a medium who talks to Belle's ghost

9. Who is the first person allowed to see the paintings?
(a) her uncle, aires
(b) her aunt, Carmen
(c) her father, Camoens
(d) her grandmother, Epifania

10. Who steps up to claim responsibility for the disappearances of things in the house?
(a) Aurora
(b) the houseboys
(c) the gardeners
(d) the latrine cleaners

11. What does Aurora do to torment her father and uncle?
(a) commit acts of petty theft and vandalism
(b) paint pictures of them nude
(c) leave notes on their doors at night
(d) wail like a ghost at night

12. What does Moraes say Aurora became in the annual celebration of Ganesha?
(a) the mad woman of Ganesha
(b) the lead dancer in the Ganesha procession
(c) the star attraction of the festival she hated
(d) the official artist of Ganesha

13. What name does Aurora give the painting by Miranda?
(a) The Work-o of a Madman
(b) The Fool on a Horse
(c) The Moor's Last Sigh
(d) The Spice of Life

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

15. How does Moraes classify his early years?
(a) the blink of an eye
(b) a time of joy
(c) the best of all worlds
(d) a fear-filled childhood

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Epifania classify the renovated chapel?

2. Where does Aurora live?

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

4. For what is the synagogue famous?

5. What is Moraes' medical problem?

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