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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Work Is Struggle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Estha wearing the day they go to The Sound of Music?
(a) Beige and pointy shoes.
(b) Blue suede shoes.
(c) Leather jacket.
(d) Silk shirt and gold chains.

2. What does Velutha give each of the children the day that Sophie dies?
(a) A toy ring.
(b) A spoon.
(c) A daisy chain.
(d) A polished rock.

3. How old is Rahel's cousin, Sophie Mol, when she dies?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

4. What is the name of Comrade Pillai's wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Kalyani.
(c) Karen.
(d) Olassa.

5. What does Rahel call the man who shows them to the theater door when they go to the movies?
(a) The Light Man.
(b) The Torch Man.
(c) The Mean Man.
(d) The Big Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creature does Rahel see at Sophie Mol's funeral?

2. What does Comrade Pillia make for the pickle factory?

3. Who does Ammu see in a powerful dream?

4. What does Rahel study at college?

5. Ammu meets the twins' father when she is visiting a cousin in what city?

(see the answer key)

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