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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Camoens turn to secularism?
(a) the greed of organized religion
(b) any other path would lead to sectarian violence
(c) in order to spite his mother
(d) another path would require to much sacrifice

5. What is a likely reason Flory had made her money?
(a) she had been a prostitute
(b) she had smuggled hasheesh
(c) she had been a fence for jewel thieves
(d) she had embezzled from the synagogue

6. How does Flory die?
(a) Aurora has her assassinated
(b) a madman immolates himself and Flory's robes catch fire
(c) a madman gives her some poison wine
(d) she strangles on a spice cake

7. What does Moraes say he learns to accept?
(a) what works and what doesn't
(b) what will be, can change
(c) what he can do with his left hand
(d) what is as what must be

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

9. Where does Aurora have Miranda paint cartoon murals?
(a) on the walls of the spice company
(b) on the outside walls of her mansion
(c) on the nursery walls
(d) in the chapel

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

11. What happens that turns Carmen into a nurse for Aires and his lover?
(a) they both nearly die from asthma attacks
(b) they both come down with tuberculosis
(c) they contract a particularly pernicious strain of syphilis
(d) they are both wounded in the war

12. What does Miranda paint over the portrait of Aurora?
(a) a self portrait as a weeping Arab on horseback
(b) a painting of Ganesha
(c) a portrait of the four children
(d) a seascape with spice ships

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

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

15. Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
(a) the captain of the spice ship
(b) the long time lover of Aires
(c) the Commander of British Naval Forces
(d) the man who frees Aurora from prison

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Epifania's example cause the rest of the family to do?

2. What foils the plan to take over the family business?

3. What does Moraes say Aurora found out about the mushroom crone?

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

5. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's emotional problem?

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