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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Big Man the Laltain, Small Man the Mombatti.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ammu take Rahel and Estha after the funeral of Sophie Mol?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Home.
(c) The police station.
(d) The church.

2. What did Rahel's mother melt her wedding ring into?
(a) A serpent headed pendant.
(b) Two diamond earrings.
(c) A coin with a diamond in the middle.
(d) A serpent headed bangle.

3. Where is Estha while Rahel waits to see him for the first time as an adult?
(a) At the movies.
(b) At the pickle factory.
(c) Walking in the rain.
(d) Shopping with a friend.

4. Pappachi is an Imperial ____________________.
(a) Anthropologist.
(b) Entomologist.
(c) Anglophile.
(d) Endocrinologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mombatti mean?

2. How many years are Rahel and Estha apart?

3. Rahel remembers the family seeing a(n) _____________ on the way to the movies before they picked up Sophie Mol at the airport.

4. What does Laltain mean?

5. What does Rahel study at college?

(see the answer key)

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