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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moraes say about breathing?
(a) we inhale the world and breath out meaning
(b) breath is the spice of life
(c) life is measured in the breaths we take
(d) babies and crones breathe differently

2. How does Epifania classify the renovated chapel?
(a) as fitting for a king
(b) as fitting for the body and blood of Christ
(c) as fitting for an art gallery
(d) as fitting for a birthday cake

3. Who is Flory Zogoiby's husband and father of her child?
(a) Joshua Castile
(b) Eli Castile
(c) Soloman Castile
(d) Benjamin Castile

4. Why does she open the windows at night?
(a) to let in the moonlight
(b) to listen to the nightingales
(c) to let in mosquitos to torment Epifania
(d) to let in boys who visit her at night

5. What is Moraes' medical problem?
(a) a bad heart
(b) lameness
(c) tuberculosis
(d) shortness of breath

6. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?
(a) a clash over his lover, Uma
(b) a disagreement about art
(c) a clash over money
(d) a disagreement about religion

7. What are the words Moraes says that Aurora heard but could not see who spoke them?
(a) bibbity bobbity boo
(b) chicken entrails, kingdom come
(c) menchi kaboo, lawanda kazoo
(d) obeah, jadoo, fo, fum

8. For what is the synagogue famous?
(a) multi-colored tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling
(b) green tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling
(c) blue tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling
(d) ivory tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling

9. Why does Aurora take her son to Lord Khusro Khusrovani Bhagwan and his charlatan mother-manager?
(a) for a miracle healing of his hand
(b) for a metaphysical encounter
(c) for medicine to stunt his growth
(d) to become an apprentice

10. What led Francisco da Gama to make changes in the house and chapel?
(a) artistic temperament
(b) punishment for Epifania
(c) religious fervor
(d) Ghandian simplicity

11. What taboo subject does he discuss in chapter 7?
(a) his parents' sexual activity
(b) his mother's nude paintings
(c) his own sexual experiences
(d) his great uncle's homosexuality

12. What allows Aurora and Abie to reunite?
(a) when Flory loses her remaining faculties
(b) when Flory gets pregnant with her own child
(c) when Flory loses the paper her son signed
(d) when Flory gives up

13. From infancy through adolescence, what did Abraham see in the synagogue tiles?
(a) visions of a girl like Aurora
(b) visions of the martyrs
(c) visions of his absent father
(d) visions of the prophets

14. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?
(a) Laslo Miranda
(b) Flory Roary
(c) Vasco da Gama
(d) Vasco Miranda

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Moraes left a trail of written narratives?

2. Where does Aurora have Miranda paint cartoon murals?

3. How does Abie do at first when taking over the family business to run?

4. Besides Aurora's pranks, what convinces Camoens that Belle is haunting the house?

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

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