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

2. What is Aurora's goal in all her night time activity?
(a) to have a good laugh
(b) to kill her grandmother
(c) to belittle her uncle
(d) to terrorize her father

3. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?
(a) he is leaving his wife
(b) he has escaped from prison
(c) he has embexxled a fortune
(d) he is chased by wolves

4. What does the argument between Flory and her son reveal to the reader?
(a) history of the Jewish people to that day
(b) that the son is consecrated to God
(c) that the Zogoiby family is mortal enemy of da Gama
(d) that the son is illegitimate

5. What do the British authorities do to Camoens and Aires?
(a) fine them for the fire
(b) arrest them for treason
(c) exile them to Spain
(d) sentence them to 15 years in prison

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Moraes cope with his deformity and rapid growth?

2. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?

3. Where does Aurora achieve fame for her artwork and her political activities?

4. To what does Moraes refer to as the sub-condiment?

5. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing Epifania does the day after Francisco dies?

2. Why has Aurora been up to so much mischief in the house late at night?

3. Describe the opening of the novel.

4. What has Moraes left on his trail as he sits collecting his breath in the graveyard?

5. Returning several decades before Aurora's death, how to readers learn about the arrival of a doorman?

6. What in Miranda's character seem to foreshadow serious problems to come?

7. What painting does Miranda cover with another after Aurora reacts negatively to the original?

8. How does Aurora manage to upset the Hindu-Muslim population of India?

9. How does Moor feel about his parents union?

10. Explain Francisco da Gama's beliefs that drive wedges between family members.

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