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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The History House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?
(a) Velutha.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Estha.
(d) Ammu.

2. What happens to the toys the children brought to the History House?
(a) The police take them.
(b) Velutha takes them.
(c) Ammu takes them.
(d) The twins throw them in the river.

3. What poet does Comrade Pillai's niece recite to Chacko?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Emily Dickenson.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) E.B. White.

4. Ammu worries about ____________, which is supposed to run in the family.
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Madness.
(d) Asthma.

5. What is the Heart of Darkness?
(a) Ayemenem.
(b) The History House.
(c) The river.
(d) Rahel's childhood home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the children's boat to overturn the night that Sophie Mol drowns?

2. What is Estha thinking about as he silently watches Rahel go through their childhood notebooks?

3. What is the only thing Velutha is wearing as he is being beaten on the veranda of the History House?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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