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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Moraes call the Black Gold of Malabar?
(a) pepper
(b) oil
(c) ebony
(d) onyx
2. Who eventually gains control of the family businesses?
(a) Belle
(b) Epifania
(c) Aurora
(d) Carmen
3. What does Epifania's example cause the rest of the family to do?
(a) fear her connection to God
(b) join in her religious devotion
(c) take up Catholicism
(d) throw off organized religion
4. What does Moraes tell the reader about the dark side of Vasco Miranda's personality?
(a) dealing in black magic and sorcery
(b) drug smuggling and assassinations
(c) moodiness and holding grudges
(d) aggressive fury, alcohol and drug abuse, bisexual orgies
5. Where has Moraes left a trail of written narratives?
(a) in letters to a promanent journalist
(b) in safe deposit vaults of several banks
(c) in cemeteries from India to Spain
(d) nailed to gates, fences, and trees along his way
Short Answer Questions
1. How does aurora appear on the outside?
2. What drove a wedge between the between Epifania and her husband and polarized their sons?
3. What is Aurora's punishment for her mischief?
4. Who steps up to claim responsibility for the disappearances of things in the house?
5. What does Moraes say about breathing?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Aurora's popularity wanes, what does she do with her life?
2. How does Fielding reward Moor, now the Hammer, for his work?
3. Why are Camoens and Aires given fifteen year prison sentences?
4. How is Aurora's wish fulfilled in Moraes?
5. What has Moraes left on his trail as he sits collecting his breath in the graveyard?
6. Explain Francisco da Gama's beliefs that drive wedges between family members.
7. How do Aurora and Moor react to the presence of Uma?
8. Why does Moor lament his life as he continues with his history of the family?
9. What evidence does Camoens have that the ghost of his late wife is still in the house?
10. How does Moor feel about his parents union?
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