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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. What is the condition of the family home the day Estha and Rahel are reunited?
(a) Empty of furniture.
(b) Spotless.
(c) Filthy.
(d) Elegantly remodeled.

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

3. What is Baby Kochamma watching on television as Rahel waits for Estha to return home?
(a) Oprah.
(b) Leave it to Beaver.
(c) The Best of Donahue.
(d) Prime Bodies.

4. Baby Kochamma is whose younger sister?
(a) Rahel's father.
(b) Rahel's grandfather.
(c) Rahel's mother.
(d) Rahel's grandmother.

5. To save himself from being fired, the twins' father offers for Ammu to do what?
(a) Become a prostitute.
(b) Move to America.
(c) Become his boss's mistress.
(d) Go to work in the pickle factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rahel's mother melt her wedding ring into?

2. Who is Kochu Maria?

3. Who is Baby Kochamma in love with?

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

5. Where does Rahel go when she turns eleven?

(see the answer key)

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