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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miranda paint over the portrait of Aurora?
(a) a painting of Ganesha
(b) a self portrait as a weeping Arab on horseback
(c) a portrait of the four children
(d) a seascape with spice ships

2. How does Vasco Miranda enter the narrative?
(a) as competition to Aurora
(b) as a tutor for the children
(c) as a pet of Aurora's
(d) as the new driver

3. What does Aurora witness in the chapel?
(a) Epifania's demise
(b) Epifania's confession
(c) Epifania's dance
(d) Epifania's meeting with a lover

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

5. Where does Aurora allow Kekoo Mody to mount a retrospective exhibition of her works?
(a) the Indian Parliament
(b) the Prince of Wales Museum
(c) the British Consullate
(d) the Gandhi Museum

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aurora react to her portrait?

2. How does Moraes classify his early years?

3. How does Uma die?

4. Which of the household servants could Aires not touch?

5. Who steps up to claim responsibility for the disappearances of things in the house?

(see the answer key)

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