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

2. What language do Rahel and Estha speak to each other as children?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Malayalam.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Morovian.

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

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

5. What is the religious background of Rahel's family?
(a) Budhist.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Rahel's family own?

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

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 month is it when Rahel returns to Ayemenem at the beginning of the novel?

5. How many years are Rahel and Estha apart?

(see the answer key)

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