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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. When Baby Kochamma talks to Rahel and Estha at the police station, she tells the twins they are ______________.
(a) Murderers.
(b) Liars.
(c) Sweeties.
(d) Angels.

2. What is the only thing Velutha is wearing as he is being beaten on the veranda of the History House?
(a) Red nail polish.
(b) Turban.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Mundu.

3. Who is pleased to know that Rahel still enjoys the kathakali?
(a) Comrade Pillia.
(b) Kochu Maria.
(c) Estha.
(d) Baby Kochamma.

4. What is the name of Margaret Kochamma's second husband?
(a) Joe.
(b) Frank.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Chuck.

5. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?
(a) Estha.
(b) Velutha.
(c) Ammu.
(d) Sophie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rahel think of as The Sound of Music "smell"?

2. What is the condition of Estha's bedroom?

3. What does Sohpie Mol tell Chacko about being her father?

4. Estha goes out to the lobby by himself while the family is at the movie theaters watching The Sound of Music because he is ___________.

5. What hangs on the wall at the entrance of the Kochamma house?

(see the answer key)

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