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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. In 1973, how long has it been since Mariamma has been back to Parambil?
(a) 20 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 18 months.

2. How many students are assigned with Mariamma to a body for Professor Krishnamurthy's class?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. How long after Elsie disappears does Shamuel find a bar of soap along with Elsie's thorthu, blouse, mundu, and slippers?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 18 hours.

4. In 1977, how long has it been since Digby lived at Gwendolyn Gardens?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 18 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds Ammachi and Baby Mol when they die?

2. Who feeds Lenin when his family is sick and dying?

3. Where does Mariamma learn that Philipose's former editor wanted him to go to write a story?

4. What time of day do the police come for Lenin?

5. What is Elsie sculpting during her second pregnancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mariamma think Lenin should have done instead of joini the Naxalites?

2. In Mariamma's anatomy class, who is the teacher?

3. In 1959, what schedule does Philipose keep?

4. How does Mariamma treat Lenin?

5. What does Joppan inherit from his father?

6. How does Brijee Sarkar harrass Mariamma during an exam, and how does Mariamma respond?

7. In 1950, how many funerals has Big Ammachi attended?

8. What sculpture does Elsie work on during her second pregnancy, and how is it damaged?

9. How does Joppan lose his barge business?

10. What is the exam like after Mariamma spends over a year of studying the body?

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