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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the chapel after Francisco dies?
(a) it is restored to its original decor
(b) it is left as a monument to him
(c) it is raxed to the ground
(d) it becomes his mausoleum

3. In reality, what is Aurora's character?
(a) a friendly, helpful young lady
(b) a mutinous, inventively vicious prankster
(c) a lonely, unhappy artist
(d) a thoughtless gossip

4. What is a likely reason Flory had made her money?
(a) she had embezzled from the synagogue
(b) she had been a prostitute
(c) she had smuggled hasheesh
(d) she had been a fence for jewel thieves

5. What is foreshadowed during Aurora's confinement to her room?
(a) that she will be a great writer
(b) that she will be a noted singer
(c) that she will be a great politician
(d) that she will be a great artist

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when distant relatives are invited to stay at the da Gama houses?

2. What is represented in Aurora's paintings?

3. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?

4. What does Moraes lament?

5. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?

(see the answer key)

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