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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the literary symbolism of Moraes' nailing his passages along his escape route?
(a) Martin Luther's theses on the church door
(b) Christ nailed to the corss
(c) Star of David nailed over Jewish doors
(d) boards nailed over sensual mosaics

2. What does Moraes lament?
(a) his heritage
(b) his being a fugitive
(c) his lost love
(d) his short life

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reader not sure of at this point in chapter four?

2. What does the argument between Flory and her son reveal to the reader?

3. What is represented in Aurora's paintings?

4. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's physical problem?

5. Why does Flory Zogoiby object to her son's marrying Aurora?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the once-renowned private investigator, Dom Minto, find out about Uma?

2. How does the war affect Abraham's running of the family spice business?

3. What is unusual about Moor's birth and growth?

4. What is Moor conclusion behind the tragic end of the da Gama-Zogoiby family?

5. Describe Flory's condition for giving Abraham the emeralds.

6. What conflict arose in Camoens when he went to hear Mahatma Gandhi?

7. Explain what is special about the blue tiles in the synagogue.

8. After gaining entry into Vasco's house, what prevents Miranda from killing Moor?

9. What is the curse Epifania puts on Aurora as she sits there watching the old woman die without trying to help her in any way.

10. How do Aurora and Moor react to the presence of Uma?

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