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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Cochin Kangaroos.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ammu meets the twins' father when she is visiting a cousin in what city?
(a) London.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Boston.
(d) Delhi.

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

3. Where does Chacko, Rahel's uncle, study?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Harvard.
(d) University of Delhi.

4. As Rahel watches a silent Estha strip off his clothes, how does she describe them both?
(a) Sad.
(b) Young.
(c) Old.
(d) Pathetic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language do Rahel and Estha speak to each other as children?

2. What is the Abhilash Talkies' lobby called?

3. What does Margaret Kochamma say over and over again?

4. What does Laltain mean?

5. What does Rahel remember that Sophie Mol was wearing the day she arrived for a visit?

(see the answer key)

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