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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person allowed to see the paintings?
(a) her uncle, aires
(b) her aunt, Carmen
(c) her father, Camoens
(d) her grandmother, Epifania

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

3. What happened after Flory's son was born?
(a) her husband went to prison
(b) her husband abandoned her
(c) her husband took two more wives
(d) her husband died

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's emotional problem?

2. What shadowy figure is alluded to in Chapter 6?

3. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?

4. About what does Moraes soliloquize at the beginning of chapter 7?

5. How did the people of Bombay regard Aurora da Gama?

(see the answer key)

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