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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 many mansions sit on the place where the Thetanatt house used to be?

2. In 1971, for how long does Mariamma hire Gopal's rickshaw to take her to Gosha Hospital every day?

3. How many men are waiting outside the opium shop when Philipose arrives in Chapter 53?

4. What is the first surgery Mariamma does before she is ready?

5. What date does Digby meet Elsie and take her back from Parambil?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ammachi and Baby Mol die?

2. Why does Philipose go to Madras, and how does he die?

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

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

5. What addiction does Philipose have after his ankle injuries?

6. In 1959, what schedule does Philipose keep?

7. What happens to Elsie three weeks after Mariamma is born?

8. What does Joppan inherit from his father?

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

10. What does Mariamma believe the Condition does other than produce acoustic neuromas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Covenant of Water? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

A man who becomes known as the Uplift Master helps bring change to Parambil. Why are the changes the Uplift Master brings important to the growth and development of the area and the economic status of those who live in the area?

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