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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does JoJo die?
(a) Drowns.
(b) Gets malaria.
(c) Falls from a tree.
(d) Is bitten by a snake.

2. Where were Digby's grandparents from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Wales.

3. How many does after the fires does Digby takes off his bandages and examine his wounds?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. How old is JoJo when Ammachi marries his father?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. What does Owen Tuttleberry call the motorcycle he offers to sell to Digby?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Esmeralda.

6. What type of insects swarm the cellar after a syrup-soaked urn is overturned?
(a) Flies.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Moths.
(d) Red ants.

7. Which of the 12 disciples is said to have landed on the spice coast?
(a) John.
(b) Thomas.
(c) James.
(d) Peter.

8. On the train to Cochin, how many years have Meena and her cousin been living together as husband and wife?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

9. What did the Uplift Master's father do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Boatman.

10. Where is Digby in 1933 at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Madras.
(b) Puducherry.
(c) Kollam.
(d) Mayiladuthurai.

11. How long does Thankamma say she will stay after Ammachi marries to show her how to run the household?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 or 4 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 2 or 3 weeks.

12. What year does Ammachi marry?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1904.

13. How does Digby's mother die?
(a) Slits her wrists.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Hit by a bus.
(d) Hangs herself.

14. A month after Philipose leavest for college, how many bombs are dropped on Madras?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

15. How old were Thankamma when she and her husband married?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Celeste Arnold's ayah?

2. What time of the month does the barber come to Parambil?

3. Where did Celeste Arnold grow up?

4. How old is Philipose when he goes off to study at Madras Christian College?

5. What city does Celeste Arnold mention that has ancient temples--some submerged and others strung on the beach?

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