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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Cochin Harbor Terminus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they are children, what does Rahel steal from Baby Kochamma after Estha leaves?
(a) Money.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Her diary.
(d) Her rosary.

2. The author describes Velutha as being as lonely as a ________________.
(a) Bat.
(b) Lion.
(c) Spider.
(d) Wolf.

3. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4, Abhilash Talkies?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1967.

4. What is Sophie Mol wearing the night she drowns?
(a) Yellow bell-bottoms.
(b) A red Mickey Mouse sweatshirt.
(c) A mauve corduroy pinafore.
(d) A purple sari.

5. Where does Rahel go when she turns eleven?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) England.
(c) To live with an uncle in Calcutta.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?

2. What does Rahel study at college?

3. What is the name of Margaret Kochamma's second husband?

4. Velutha is ____________.

5. Where does Ammu take Rahel and Estha after the funeral of Sophie Mol?

(see the answer key)

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