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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. When Mariamma is assigned to Gosha Hospital, how long does it take her to get her required normal deliveries?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 months.

2. In 1959, what time does Philipose write daily?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 7 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

3. How does Philipose end up in the mud during Elsie's visit to see Baby Mol?
(a) Riding his bike.
(b) Walking to the church.
(c) Trying to walk to the post office.
(d) Trying to see Joppan.

4. How many men are waiting outside the opium shop when Philipose arrives in Chapter 53?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. How long after Elsie gives birth to Mariamma is she able to sit up without feeling dizzy?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the person that Anna heard saved a pulayi from bleeding to death after childbirth by pinching the womb?

2. What is the verse the speaker at the Maramon Convention gives before the people start giving?

3. Where do Mariamma and her classmates have their first class in 1968?

4. How long does Honorine spend at Gwendolyn Gardens when she comes to visit?

5. Where do Lenin and Mariamma stay at Mahabalipuram?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Digby's only regret about managing Gwendolyn Gardens?

2. How does Lenin's family die?

3. Why did Elsie leave Mariamma?

4. How did Digby and Elsie meet again after she left Parambil?

5. How does Parambil thrive under Joppan's care?

6. How does Joppan lose his barge business?

7. How does Mariamma learn that Philipose was not her father?

8. How does Mariamma treat Lenin?

9. What does Joppan inherit from his father?

10. What causes Mariamma to consider becoming a doctor?

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