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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. Velutha is ____________.
(a) A doctor.
(b) A priest.
(c) An Untouchable.
(d) A scholar.

2. Velutha's hut is full of what?
(a) Wood carvings.
(b) Pickle jars.
(c) Discards from the Kochamma household.
(d) Communist paraphanelia.

3. What is Estha wearing the day they go to The Sound of Music?
(a) Blue suede shoes.
(b) Beige and pointy shoes.
(c) Silk shirt and gold chains.
(d) Leather jacket.

4. Pappachi is the son of a reverend who founds a school for the _____________.
(a) Anglophiles.
(b) Blind.
(c) Poor.
(d) Untouchables.

5. What is the name of the original owner of the History House estate?
(a) Kari Saipu.
(b) P. Levin.
(c) Comrade Pillai.
(d) Bhima Dushasana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Estha leaves the theater for a second time to go to the lobby because he feels ____________.

2. What is the name of the hotel where Rahel's family stays before going to the airport?

3. What is Sophie Mol wearing the night she drowns?

4. What is the Heart of Darkness?

5. How old is Rahel when her banished mother comes to visit her in Ayemenem?

(see the answer key)

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