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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 is Estha thinking about as he silently watches Rahel go through their childhood notebooks?
(a) Rain.
(b) Love.
(c) Death.
(d) Trains.

2. What is the name of Comrade Pillai's wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Kalyani.
(c) Karen.
(d) Olassa.

3. As Rahel contemplates what to do with the rest of her life, she wishes she and Estha could go live in Baby Kochamma's _______________.
(a) Car.
(b) Closet.
(c) Backyard.
(d) Satellite dish.

4. 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.

5. What do the children following Rahel call her as she walks the riverside remembering her childhood?
(a) Murderer.
(b) Mol.
(c) Hippie.
(d) Stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Baby Kochamma tells Rahel and Estha as they wait for the plane to arrive that they are what?

2. What does Kochu Maria make for Sophie Mol's arrival?

3. What does Rahel do as the train Estha rides pulls out of the station?

4. Where did Rahel's father move to?

5. What do the twins think Velutha's blood smells like as it comes to them on a breeze on the veranda of the History House?

(see the answer key)

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