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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, The Madras Mail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Starve them.
(b) Lock them in a closet.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Send them away.

2. What does Velutha make the twins promise about the boat they find?
(a) Only use it during the day.
(b) Only use it with him.
(c) Never put it in the water.
(d) Only use it with an adult.

3. What slides into Estha that day at the police station?
(a) Silence.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Terror.
(d) Desire.

4. Where do Rahel and Estha go after they search for Sophie by the river?
(a) Velutha's hut.
(b) The pickle factory.
(c) Home.
(d) The History House.

5. What is the Heart of Darkness?
(a) The History House.
(b) Rahel's childhood home.
(c) Ayemenem.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is India at war with when Rahel and Estha are born?

2. What does Chacko love most about Margaret?

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

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

5. What color aprons do the workers at the pickle factory wear?

(see the answer key)

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