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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Moraes estranged from his mother?
(a) a clash over his lover, Uma
(b) a disagreement about art
(c) a clash over money
(d) a disagreement about religion

2. How does Abie do at first when taking over the family business to run?
(a) he stockpiles spices until they are safe to ship
(b) he starts doing exclusive business with the Germans
(c) he loses three shiploads of spice to German U-boats
(d) he squanders money until the company nearly fails

3. What are the words Moraes says that Aurora heard but could not see who spoke them?
(a) menchi kaboo, lawanda kazoo
(b) obeah, jadoo, fo, fum
(c) chicken entrails, kingdom come
(d) bibbity bobbity boo

4. What does Aurora call the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth?
(a) Allover Death
(b) A Liver Death
(c) Ollie Verdathe
(d) O Livid Earth

5. What characterizes the strange speech patterns of the family?
(a) speaking breathlessly and staccato
(b) making up senseless words
(c) adding ofy to verbs and o to many nouns
(d) reversing word order in sentences

6. Why does Aurora take her son to Lord Khusro Khusrovani Bhagwan and his charlatan mother-manager?
(a) for a miracle healing of his hand
(b) for a metaphysical encounter
(c) to become an apprentice
(d) for medicine to stunt his growth

7. How does Moraes say his mother died?
(a) living to a ripe old age
(b) being poisoned by her servants
(c) falling from her roof onto the rocks below
(d) having a heart attack on her roof

8. What is the Reverend Oliver D'Aeth's physical problem?
(a) intollerance of the Indian heat
(b) acute allergic reaction to spice
(c) recurring consumption
(d) serious asthma

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

10. What term of endearment does Aurora use when speaking of Abraham?
(a) Abie
(b) Pudding
(c) Spice of my life
(d) Darling

11. Who eventually gains control of the family businesses?
(a) Epifania
(b) Belle
(c) Carmen
(d) Aurora

12. Who says, with that God stuff I got scared?
(a) Epifania
(b) Camoens
(c) Aires
(d) Moraes

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

14. Who makes a pilgrimage to Malgudi on the river Sarayu, to see the great Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Moraes
(b) Aires
(c) Epifania
(d) Camoens

15. What is Moraes' medical problem?
(a) lameness
(b) a bad heart
(c) shortness of breath
(d) tuberculosis

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moraes classify his early years?

2. What need does Moraes have to be candid about his parents' sex life?

3. What does Aurora do to torment her father and uncle?

4. What is Aurora's punishment for her mischief?

5. Who is Flory Zogoiby's husband and father of her child?

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