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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aurora call the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth?

2. How does Abie do at first when taking over the family business to run?

3. Who says, with that God stuff I got scared?

4. Who is the first person allowed to see the paintings?

5. What does Moraes say he is doing faster than he should?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Francisco defile Epifania's worship place?

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

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

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

5. How does Moor excuse himself for writing about his parents sex lives?

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

7. 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.

8. How is Abraham finally successful?

9. What does Moor say are the quirks of Epifania's sons, Aires and Camoens?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages entitled, Salman Rushdie's Love Affair with Words. Divide your essay into three parts as follows:

(1) Rushdie's use of alliteration and onomatopoeia. (2) Rushdie's use of strings of hyphenated words to form nouns or adjectives. (3) Rushdie's coining of words for special effect. Be sure to quote passages from the novel to support your points.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages Rushdie's literary gimmicks. Main points of your essay include:

(1) the odd way the da Gama family adds -o and -ofy to words that symbolize their quirkiness, (2) the rhyming phrases he uses generally to belittle certain characters, (3) long hyphenated phrases to make for more powerful adjectives. Give specific examples of each in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages on Moor as an Unsympathetic Character. Your essay should include the sympathy the reader feels for Moor early in the novel, such as his deformed hand and his aging disease. Gradually, however, he becomes more and more unsympathetic as he allows himself to be manipulated by:

(1) Uma, (2) Lambajan Chandiwala, and (3) Raman Fielding. Conclude your essay giving your opinion whether he is a sympathetic as he lies down in the cemetery to breathe his last sigh.

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