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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. Where does Aurora achieve fame for her artwork and her political activities?
(a) Spain
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Denares

2. The heiress to the da Gama fortune, Aurora falls in love with what older man?
(a) Abraham Zogoiby
(b) Adam Zogoiby
(c) Amos Zogoiby
(d) Aaron Zogoiby

3. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?
(a) the spice of the legendary da Gamas of Cochin
(b) the times of the crazy da Gamas of Cochin
(c) the legends of the battling da Gamas of Cochin
(d) the legends of the peppery da Gamas of Cochin

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Francisco leave his estate and the Gama Trading Company?

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

3. What exists in a Benengeli village on a hill?

4. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

5. What is Ganesha?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vasco Miranda come into the lives of the Zogoiby family?

2. Why are Camoens and Aires given fifteen year prison sentences?

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

4. As Aurora's popularity wanes, what does she do with her life?

5. What is the transformation of Abraham?

6. Why does Epifania collude with her daughters-in-law?

7. How does Moor describe the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth, rector of the church?

8. How are the three girls, Christina, Inamorata, and Philomena, teased at school?

9. What does Moraes have to say about his mother and his lover, Uma?

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

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