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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. Where does Rahel go to live after her marriage?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Boston.
(d) London.

2. What does Mombatti mean?
(a) Tallow-stick.
(b) Memory.
(c) Mellow.
(d) Tall man.

3. What poet does Comrade Pillai's niece recite to Chacko?
(a) E.B. White.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Emily Dickenson.

4. Who does Rahel ask Ammu about and ruin the mood of a pleasant afternoon?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Pappachi.
(c) Velutha.
(d) Baba.

5. The kathakali performance Rahel watches is about what story?
(a) The Egg Man.
(b) Karna and Kunti.
(c) Ayemenem.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ammu tell the children she should have taken them the night they ran away with Sophie Mol?

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

3. Who does Rahel meet as she is walking along the river remembering her childhood?

4. What is the religious background of Rahel's family?

5. What event does Estha write about in his Wisdom Exercise Notebook?

(see the answer key)

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