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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Welcome Home Our Sophie Mol.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ammu is banished from the house, which of the following is NOT a gift she gives to Rahel when she visits?
(a) Gold serpent bangle.
(b) A tin Phantom pencil box.
(c) A Paul Bunyan comic.
(d) A packet of cigarette sweets.

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

3. Rahel never writes letters to Estha when they are apart because she says you can't write letters to ____________.
(a) A dead person.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A part of yourself.
(d) A memory.

4. What do the children following Rahel call her as she walks the riverside remembering her childhood?
(a) Mol.
(b) Hippie.
(c) Stranger.
(d) Murderer.

5. What does Velutha notice about Ammu as she watches him play with Rahel on the day Sophie Mol arrives?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her laugh.
(c) Her dimples.
(d) Her ringless hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chacko call Sophie?

2. What are the hair clasps Rahel wears called?

3. As Rahel watches a silent Estha strip off his clothes, how does she describe them both?

4. What is the first thing Rahel's family does when they get to the movie theater to see The Sound of Music?

5. What does Ammu tell Estha and Rahel she will do to them if they ever embarrass her in public again like they did at the airport?

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