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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, A Few Hours Later.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rahel wear to the airport to pick up Margaret and Sophie Mol?
(a) Bell-bottoms and a hat.
(b) A yellow sari.
(c) A lacy dress.
(d) Polka-dotted pants.

2. Where do Rahel and Estha go after they search for Sophie by the river?
(a) Home.
(b) The History House.
(c) The pickle factory.
(d) Velutha's hut.

3. Where does Rahel hide while Sophie and Margaret are being introduced to the family?
(a) Inside a stall in the bathroom.
(b) Beside a cement kangaroo.
(c) Wrapped in the airport curtains.
(d) Behind her mother's sari.

4. Baby Kochamma tells Rahel and Estha as they wait for the plane to arrive that they are what?
(a) The Welcoming Committee.
(b) Good boys and girls.
(c) Naughty children.
(d) Ambassadors of India.

5. Who does Ammu see in a powerful dream?
(a) Estha and Rahel.
(b) Sophie Mol's body.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A one-armed man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sophie Mol wearing the night she drowns?

2. Ammu worries about ____________, which is supposed to run in the family.

3. What do Estha and Rahel hold in their laps on the way to the airport?

4. Where does Ammu tell the children she should have taken them the night they ran away with Sophie Mol?

5. Who does Rahel ask Ammu about and ruin the mood of a pleasant afternoon?

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