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

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

3. After Ammu is banished from the house, what illness does she have when she comes back to visit Rahel?
(a) The flu.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Leprosy.

4. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Poison.
(c) Evil.
(d) A baby.

5. When they are children, what does Rahel steal from Baby Kochamma after Estha leaves?
(a) Her diary.
(b) Her rosary.
(c) Money.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The kathakali performance Rahel watches is about what story?

3. Who is pleased to know that Rahel still enjoys the kathakali?

4. Who is Kochu Maria?

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

(see the answer key)

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