View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Estha's favorite thinking place as a child?
(a) Ammu's room.
(b) The riverside.
(c) The pickle kitchen.
(d) His closet.

2. What are the hair clasps Rahel wears called?
(a) Yum-Yums.
(b) Delhi Delights.
(c) Love-In-Tokyo
(d) Hair Fountains.

3. What do people in Ayemenem steal from Baby Kochamma?
(a) Insulin.
(b) Peanuts.
(c) Satellite dish.
(d) Pickles.

4. What does Rahel stick up her nose and have to go see a doctor to have removed when she is a child?
(a) Green gram.
(b) Glass bead.
(c) Pickle.
(d) Penny.

5. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4, Abhilash Talkies?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1969.

6. What kind of car does Rahel's family own?
(a) Blue Plymouth.
(b) Red Pontiac.
(c) White Mercedes.
(d) Blue Ford.

7. What does Rahel think of as The Sound of Music "smell"?
(a) People, hairoil, and old carpet.
(b) Peanuts, sweetnuts, and hairoil.
(c) People, peanuts, and candy.
(d) Peanuts, sweet drinks, and perfume.

8. Where does Ammu take Rahel and Estha after the funeral of Sophie Mol?
(a) The police station.
(b) The church.
(c) Home.
(d) Calcutta.

9. What does Rahel study at college?
(a) Artistry.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Archeology.
(d) Anthropology.

10. What becomes Kochu Maria's favorite television show?
(a) The Price is Right.
(b) Days of our Lives.
(c) Leave it to Beaver.
(d) Hulk Hogan.

11. What does Sohpie Mol tell Chacko about being her father?
(a) She wants him to come to England.
(b) She wants to stay in Ayemenem.
(c) She loves Joe less.
(d) She loves Joe more.

12. On the first night that it hasn't rained since her return to Ayemenem, what does Rahel sit out in the garden watching?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Toads.
(d) Moths.

13. What does Estha notice the most on the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man?
(a) His dark eyes.
(b) His yellow teeth.
(c) His dirty nails.
(d) His small hands.

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

15. 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. What does Velutha notice about Ammu as she watches him play with Rahel on the day Sophie Mol arrives?

2. What is buried under the grounds of the History House?

3. What does Velutha make the twins promise about the boat they find?

4. What does Mombatti mean?

5. Velutha is ____________.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 411 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample