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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the chapel after Francisco dies?
(a) it is raxed to the ground
(b) it becomes his mausoleum
(c) it is restored to its original decor
(d) it is left as a monument to him

2. How does Moraes identify his family?
(a) as heirs to the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama
(b) as great people who administered charties
(c) as a family of many different ethnic backgrounds
(d) as frauds claiming to be what they are not

3. What does Moraes say was his father's lament?
(a) trying to keep up with Aurora
(b) ever having married Aurora
(c) being an old father
(d) having to rest and catch his breath

4. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?
(a) Belle
(b) Epifania
(c) Camoens
(d) Aires

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

6. What happened after Flory's son was born?
(a) her husband abandoned her
(b) her husband died
(c) her husband took two more wives
(d) her husband went to prison

7. Who helps Moraes cope with his deformity and rapid growth?
(a) Abraham
(b) Aurora
(c) Vasco Miranda
(d) his sisters

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

9. What does Aurora do locked in her room, allowing no one to enter?
(a) writing a diary
(b) leaving by her window
(c) working on her art
(d) cutting off all her hair

10. Who says, with that God stuff I got scared?
(a) Epifania
(b) Moraes
(c) Aires
(d) Camoens

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

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

13. Who eventually gains control of the family businesses?
(a) Aurora
(b) Belle
(c) Epifania
(d) Carmen

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

15. What need does Moraes have to be candid about his parents' sex life?
(a) to get even with his family
(b) to establish his legitimacy
(c) to tell his story fully and candidly
(d) to explain his madness

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moraes say he is living?

2. What happens when distant relatives are invited to stay at the da Gama houses?

3. How does Vasco Miranda enter the narrative?

4. Why does Aurora take her son to Lord Khusro Khusrovani Bhagwan and his charlatan mother-manager?

5. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

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