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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Honorine spend at Gwendolyn Gardens when she comes to visit?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 weeks.

2. In 1976, where does Mariamma plan to go to train as a neurosurgeon?
(a) Vellore.
(b) Bengaluru.
(c) Chandigarh.
(d) Jaipur.

3. When Mariamma sees Lenin at Saint Bridget's, how long has it been since they have seen one another?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. How old was Lenin when his mother sold her jewelry to buy a shack on a small plot?
(a) 6.
(b) 4 or 5.
(c) 3 or 4.
(d) 7.

5. How many weeks did Philipose spend at the logging camp when Joppan, Shamuel, and Unni took him there to get over his opium addiction?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

6. How long after Ninan's death does Chandy die?
(a) 11 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 10 months.

7. Who was the person that Anna heard saved a pulayi from bleeding to death after childbirth by pinching the womb?
(a) A nun.
(b) A widow woman.
(c) A midwife.
(d) A doctor.

8. How many notebooks does Mariamma have that her father wrote in?
(a) 175.
(b) Nearly 200.
(c) About 300.
(d) 230.

9. At how many feet is Digby's bungalow at Gwendolyn Gardens?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 6,200.
(c) 4,800.
(d) 5,600.

10. How long after Elsie leaves Digby, does he get a letter from her?
(a) 8 months and 3 days.
(b) 7 months and 22 days.
(c) 10 months and 3 weeks.
(d) 9 months and 2 weeks.

11. How old was Arikkad when Lenin was introduced to him?
(a) 50s.
(b) 56.
(c) 35.
(d) 40s.

12. What type of flower does Lenin buy for Mariamma's hair when they go to the ocean?
(a) Pink lotus.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Roses.
(d) Dahlias.

13. In Chapter 66, where does Lenin plan to go next?
(a) Bengaluru.
(b) Madurai.
(c) Vizag.
(d) Amaravati.

14. How many acres is Gwendolyn Gardens?
(a) 1,400.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 900.

15. In 1971, where does Lenin have a scar?
(a) Right hand.
(b) Left cheek.
(c) Right Cheek.
(d) Left hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Elsie gives birth to Mariamma is she able to sit up without feeling dizzy?

2. Where is Philipose injured when he takes a mallet to Elsie's sculpture?

3. What did Anna Chedethi's Hannah decide to do?

4. What is the name of the surgeon in Vellore who understood like Rune that fingers of those who have leprosy are damaged by trauma, not leprosy?

5. How old is Mariammi in 1959?

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