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

2. What does Ammu tell Rahel she wants to do so that she can get Estha back?
(a) Buy the pickle factory.
(b) Start a school.
(c) Become a nanny.
(d) Work for the government.

3. After Ammu dies, what does Chacko have done with the body?
(a) Tossed out to sea.
(b) Buried in the family plot.
(c) Tossed in a pauper's grave.
(d) Cremated.

4. What does Mombatti mean?
(a) Tall man.
(b) Tallow-stick.
(c) Mellow.
(d) Memory.

5. What do people living in huts by the riverside use the river for?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Swiming.
(c) A toilet.
(d) Bathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Estha write about in his Wisdom Exercise Notebook?

2. What is Baby Kochamma watching on television as Rahel waits for Estha to return home?

3. What is the condition of Estha's bedroom?

4. Where is Estha while Rahel waits to see him for the first time as an adult?

5. As Rahel gets reacquainted with her childhood home, she sees that the History House is now what?

(see the answer key)

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