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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Moraes left a trail of written narratives?
(a) in letters to a promanent journalist
(b) in safe deposit vaults of several banks
(c) in cemeteries from India to Spain
(d) nailed to gates, fences, and trees along his way

2. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?
(a) Francisco da Gama's scientific experiments
(b) Francisco da Gama's religious fanatacism
(c) Francisco da Gama's Indian nationalism
(d) Francisco da Gama's strange architecture preferences

3. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?
(a) he has escaped from prison
(b) he is chased by wolves
(c) he is leaving his wife
(d) he has embexxled a fortune

4. What happens when distant relatives are invited to stay at the da Gama houses?
(a) war between the families
(b) additions have to be made to the houses
(c) nephews become interested in the family businesses
(d) Epifania calms down

5. Why does she open the windows at night?
(a) to let in mosquitos to torment Epifania
(b) to let in boys who visit her at night
(c) to listen to the nightingales
(d) to let in the moonlight

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

2. To what does Moraes compare his resting place in the cemetery?

3. What happens to the chapel after Francisco dies?

4. Who is the person he begins his narrative with?

5. With whom does Epifania conspire to gain control of the family business?

(see the answer key)

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