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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the analogy to Rumpelstiltskin?
(a) Abraham uses blackmail to get the jewels
(b) Flory can get more jewels by a spinning wheel
(c) Flory demands his firstborn son
(d) Flory gives Abraham a deadline to produce the son

2. The heiress to the da Gama fortune, Aurora falls in love with what older man?
(a) Abraham Zogoiby
(b) Adam Zogoiby
(c) Aaron Zogoiby
(d) Amos Zogoiby

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

4. Who is the person he begins his narrative with?
(a) his grandmother, Isabella Ximena Souza da Gama
(b) homosexual great uncle, Aires da Gama
(c) his mother, Aurora
(d) his father, Abraham Zogoiby

5. How does Vasco Miranda enter the narrative?
(a) as a tutor for the children
(b) as competition to Aurora
(c) as the new driver
(d) as a pet of Aurora's

6. What does Moraes lament?
(a) his lost love
(b) his short life
(c) his heritage
(d) his being a fugitive

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

8. How does Moraes classify his early years?
(a) the blink of an eye
(b) the best of all worlds
(c) a time of joy
(d) a fear-filled childhood

9. What need does Moraes have to be candid about his parents' sex life?
(a) to establish his legitimacy
(b) to get even with his family
(c) to explain his madness
(d) to tell his story fully and candidly

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

11. For what is the synagogue famous?
(a) multi-colored tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling
(b) blue tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling
(c) green tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling
(d) ivory tiles that cover its floor, walls, and ceiling

12. What do Aurora's pranks make Camoens believe?
(a) the house is haunted by his recently-deceased wife
(b) that Aires is trying to kill him
(c) that Epifania is trying to drive him away
(d) that Epifania has lost her mind

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

14. How did the people of Bombay regard Aurora da Gama?
(a) as ethereal
(b) as helpless
(c) as demonic
(d) as angelic

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who commissions Miranda to paint a portrait of Aurora and her newborn daughter Ina?

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

4. What happens in the house after Epifania dies?

5. What does Aurora witness in the chapel?

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