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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the family tree Ammachi's husband shows her, how many generations are shown?

2. What hospital is Digby taken to when he arrives in India in 1933?

3. When is Ammachi's first child, a daughter, born?

4. On theater days, how many peptic ulcer surgeries can Digby perform before he gets to anything else?

5. How was Kora's father related to Philipose's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Muller's Madness, and what plans do Chandy and others have for the property?

2. Why does Philipose decide he wants to marry Elsie, Chandy's daughter?

3. What does Big Ammachi learn about her mother and daughter when she goes to see Dr. Rune Orqvist?

4. Why and how does Digby's mother die?

5. How does Philipose begin reading Moby Dick?

6. Why does Elsie agree to marry Philipose?

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

8. When does Ammachi's mother come to live at Parambil, and why does she come?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jeb Pellington dies from an aneurysm. How and why is Claude responsible for Jeb’s death?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood The Covenant of Water, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Verghese use chapter titles in The Covenant of Water?

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