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

2. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's physical problem?
(a) serious asthma
(b) acute allergic reaction to spice
(c) recurring consumption
(d) intollerance of the Indian heat

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

4. How does Aurora treat Abraham?
(a) she is subservient and loving
(b) she is dominating and abusing
(c) she is meek and gentle
(d) she is indifferent and uncaring

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the play on words in the names of Aurora's four children, Ina, Minnie, Mynah, and Moor?

2. What does Moraes say about breathing?

3. What does Aurora become?

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

5. What angers Aires by their disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moor's rapid maturity physically create a problem in his life?

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

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

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

5. Why is Moor thankful for Epifania's strict devotion to her faith?

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

7. How does Aurora begin her art career?

8. How does Christina turn out as she grows into maturity?

9. By 1987, what is the annual ritual Aurora performs that eventually leads to her death.

10. How do readers learn about some important Indian history?

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