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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From infancy through adolescence, what did Abraham see in the synagogue tiles?
(a) visions of the prophets
(b) visions of a girl like Aurora
(c) visions of the martyrs
(d) visions of his absent father

2. What was like the largest, hottest dish of curry ever cooked?
(a) the heatwave that killed the crops
(b) the arguments between families
(c) the fire at Spice Mountains
(d) the anger of Epifania

3. Who was the doorkeeper of Elephanta, Aurora's estate according to Moraes?
(a) deaf-eared Lambajan Chandiwala
(b) cross-eyed Lambajan Chandiwala
(c) peg-legged Lambajan Chandiwala
(d) bow-legged Lambajan Chandiwala

4. What is Ganesha?
(a) a type of rare emerald found only in India
(b) a kind of Hindu offering left before Siva
(c) a special food prepared for Hindu holy days
(d) a Hindu god with a human body and an elephant head

5. What happens at the Mahalaxmi Weekend Constitutional, an annual opportunity for Bombay's cultural elite to gather at the racecourse to see and to be seen.?
(a) Moor meets Uma Sarasvati
(b) Moor hides from Uma Sarasvati
(c) Moor misses seeing Uma Sarasvati
(d) Moor has an asthma attack

Short Answer Questions

1. After the business is successful again, what does Flory do?

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

3. What is seen in Aurora's controversial painting of a young lady and man based on a news report?

4. What happened after Flory's son was born?

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

(see the answer key)

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