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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 Aurora do locked in her room, allowing no one to enter?
(a) writing a diary
(b) working on her art
(c) cutting off all her hair
(d) leaving by her window

2. What angers Aires by their disappearance?
(a) his latest two lovers
(b) his beloved ivories and Ganesha statues
(c) his transvestite clothes
(d) his little black address and telephone book

3. Where does Aurora have Miranda paint cartoon murals?
(a) in the chapel
(b) on the nursery walls
(c) on the outside walls of her mansion
(d) on the walls of the spice company

4. How does Uma die?
(a) suicide by taking cyanide
(b) by drowning in the ocean
(c) falling out a three storey window
(d) in a car crash

5. What are Epifania's last words?
(a) a blessing for Aurora
(b) a prayer to St. Francis
(c) a curse on Aurora
(d) a song of praise

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moraes tell the reader about the dark side of Vasco Miranda's personality?

2. Why does Aurora take her son to Lord Khusro Khusrovani Bhagwan and his charlatan mother-manager?

3. What name does Aurora give the painting by Miranda?

4. In her fifties, what style does Aurora's paintings take?

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

(see the answer key)

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