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

2. Where is Digby in 1933 at the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. When does Rune become a regular dinner guest of the Chandys?

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

5. How many does after the fires does Digby takes off his bandages and examine his wounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Philpose save a baby?

2. What is Mahabalipuram?

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

4. How does Claude midiagnose Lena Mylin's condition?

5. Why did Digby decide to go to India?

6. How does Ninan die?

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

8. What greets Ammachi when she wakes for the first time in Parambil?

9. How does Digby finally get the surgical education he desires?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters in a narrative and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Verghese use imagery to help readers imagine the world where characters live in The Covenant of Water?

Essay Topic 2

India has had a caste system for centuries. How are characters affected by formal and informal caste systems?

Essay Topic 3

Rune begins to feel a sense of discontent in 1922. One evening he sees a leper and he has a realization that causes him to leave his practice. How does that incident help Rune find his life’s mission?

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