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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) nailed to gates, fences, and trees along his way
(b) in safe deposit vaults of several banks
(c) in cemeteries from India to Spain
(d) in letters to a promanent journalist

2. What foils the plan to take over the family business?
(a) the brothers file a lawsuit
(b) Canoens gives the business to Leninists
(c) the British take over the spice business
(d) the only grandchild is a girl, Aurora

3. Where is Moraes Zogoiby at the opening of the novel?
(a) on a ship in the ocean
(b) on his deathbed
(c) on top of a mountain
(d) a graveyard in Spain

4. Which of the characters becomes enamored first of Leninism and later of Nehru's Party Congress?
(a) Aires
(b) Belle
(c) Camoens
(d) Epifania

5. How does Moraes refer to the saga of his family?
(a) the legends of the battling da Gamas of Cochin
(b) the times of the crazy da Gamas of Cochin
(c) the legends of the peppery da Gamas of Cochin
(d) the spice of the legendary da Gamas of Cochin

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Moraes Zogoiby on the run?

3. What is the literary symbolism of Moraes' nailing his passages along his escape route?

4. What does Aurora look like as a teenager?

5. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?

(see the answer key)

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