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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character in The Sound of Music does Rahel identify with most?
(a) The oldest daughter.
(b) The youngest daughter.
(c) Maria.
(d) Baron von Trapp.

2. What do Rahel and Estha grow up seeing themselves as after the day Sophie Mol dies?
(a) Losers.
(b) Perpetrators.
(c) Victims.
(d) Friends.

3. Where is Estha while Rahel waits to see him for the first time as an adult?
(a) At the pickle factory.
(b) At the movies.
(c) Shopping with a friend.
(d) Walking in the rain.

4. How old are Rahel and Estha when they are reunited as adults?
(a) 21.
(b) 33.
(c) 23.
(d) 31.

5. Rahel describes Sophie Mol as being ___________.
(a) Beach-colored.
(b) Boring.
(c) Mud-colored.
(d) One Loved a Little Less.

6. Who teaches the twins to swim?
(a) Velutha.
(b) Chacko.
(c) Their father.
(d) Ammu.

7. What does Rahel wear to the airport to pick up Margaret and Sophie Mol?
(a) Polka-dotted pants.
(b) A lacy dress.
(c) A yellow sari.
(d) Bell-bottoms and a hat.

8. Who is Baby Kochamma in love with?
(a) A monk.
(b) A priest.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A doctor.

9. What did Rahel's mother melt her wedding ring into?
(a) A serpent headed pendant.
(b) A serpent headed bangle.
(c) Two diamond earrings.
(d) A coin with a diamond in the middle.

10. After Ammu is banished from the house, which of the following is NOT a gift she gives to Rahel when she visits?
(a) A tin Phantom pencil box.
(b) A Paul Bunyan comic.
(c) Gold serpent bangle.
(d) A packet of cigarette sweets.

11. What is the Abhilash Talkies' lobby called?
(a) Big Man.
(b) Princess Circle.
(c) Torchlight.
(d) Snack Bar.

12. How old is Rahel's cousin, Sophie Mol, when she dies?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

13. What subject does Baby Kochamma bring up at the airport to try to impress Sophie Mol?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Voltaire.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Picasso.

14. Where does Rahel go when she turns eleven?
(a) England.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) To live with an uncle in Calcutta.
(d) America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people living in huts by the riverside use the river for?

2. What does Mammachi do to welcome Sophie and Margaret into her home?

3. What language do Rahel and Estha speak to each other as children?

4. How does Mammachi feel about Margaret Kochamma?

5. What do Estha and Rahel put in front of Velutha's hut the day they find the boat?

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