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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 does Laltain mean?
(a) Little.
(b) Loveless.
(c) Lantern.
(d) Lover.

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

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

4. What part of Estha does Rahel reach out and touch even though he has not even acknowledged her being in the house?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His cheek.
(c) His hand.
(d) His earlobe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Velutha is ____________.

4. How old is Rahel's cousin, Sophie Mol, when she dies?

5. Baby Kochamma is whose younger sister?

(see the answer key)

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