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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. On the train Philipose takes back to Cochin, how many passengers are there to a cubicle?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

2. What fruit is readily available in great quantities at Parambil?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Jackfruit.
(c) Pomegranates.
(d) Mangoes.

3. What birthday does Ammachi celebrate after five years at Parambil?
(a) 15th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 14th.
(d) 16th.

4. How old is Philipose when he marries Elsie?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 21.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of insects swarm the cellar after a syrup-soaked urn is overturned?

2. How much older is Joppan, Shamuel's son, than Philipose?

3. How old is the man Ammachi marries?

4. When Dr. Orqvist talks about Baby Mol's condition, from what book of the Bible does he quote a verse?

5. When does the Malayala Manorama start coming to Parambil for Ammachi to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elsie agree to marry Philipose?

2. What does Philipose do when there is a famine?

3. What does Digby learn about Claude Arnold from Honorine?

4. Why does Philipose hesitate to cut down the tree Elsie wants cut down?

5. Why did Digby decide to go to India?

6. Who is the Uplift Master, and how does he improve the area?

7. Why does Ammachi worry about Philipose after he leaves for college in Madras?

8. How does Jeb die?

9. What does Rune do after attending an ashram?

10. Why does Elsie come to spend time with Digby after Rune performs surgeries on his hands?

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