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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. As Rahel gets reacquainted with her childhood home, she sees that the History House is now what?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Occupied by a family.
(c) An empty field.
(d) Dilapadated.

2. Ammu listens to music on her_____________.
(a) Tangerine transister.
(b) Gramophone.
(c) Pineapple radio.
(d) Stereo.

3. What does Rahel do as the train Estha rides pulls out of the station?
(a) Vomits.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Screams.
(d) Cries.

4. Where does Ammu tell the children she should have taken them the night they ran away with Sophie Mol?
(a) America.
(b) Disney Land.
(c) Jail.
(d) An orphanage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rahel ask Ammu about and ruin the mood of a pleasant afternoon?

2. Where does Rahel go to live after her marriage?

3. Which character in The Sound of Music does Rahel identify with most?

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 color does Estha notice everything on the train is?

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