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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Kochu Thomban.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ammu is banished from the house, which of the following is NOT a gift she gives to Rahel when she visits?
(a) A Paul Bunyan comic.
(b) A tin Phantom pencil box.
(c) Gold serpent bangle.
(d) A packet of cigarette sweets.

2. What is the name of the boarding school that expells Rahel?
(a) Nazareth Convent.
(b) Cochin Girls School.
(c) Cochin Convent.
(d) Delhi School for Girls.

3. What does Rahel remember that Sophie Mol was wearing the day she arrived for a visit?
(a) Bell-bottoms.
(b) Silk dress.
(c) Diamond earrings.
(d) A plastic watch.

4. What does Laltain mean?
(a) Lover.
(b) Loveless.
(c) Little.
(d) Lantern.

5. Who is Kochu Maria?
(a) Rahel's best friend.
(b) The family servant.
(c) Estha's wife.
(d) Baby Kochamma's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mombatti mean?

2. Who does Rahel meet as she is walking along the river remembering her childhood?

3. How old is Rahel when her banished mother comes to visit her in Ayemenem?

4. What does Rahel think the temple of Kochu Thomban smells like?

5. What animal does Rahel remember was running around the doctor's office in her childhood memory?

(see the answer key)

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