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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. Where does Ammu take Rahel and Estha after the funeral of Sophie Mol?
(a) The church.
(b) Home.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) The police station.

2. What poet does Comrade Pillai try to get his son Lenin to recite to Chacko?
(a) E.B. White.
(b) Emily Dickenson.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.

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

4. What does Rahel study at college?
(a) Archeology.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Artistry.

5. Who does Rahel meet as she is walking along the river remembering her childhood?
(a) Comrade Pillai.
(b) Baby Kochamma.
(c) Chacko.
(d) Kari Saipu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the child, who has the same ailment she does, that Rahel remembers seeing on a trip to the doctor?

2. Where did Rahel's father move to?

3. Pappachi is the son of a reverend who founds a school for the _____________.

4. How many steps lead from Velutha's hut down to the river?

5. Where is Estha's favorite thinking place as a child?

(see the answer key)

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