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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rahel call the man who shows them to the theater door when they go to the movies?
(a) The Torch Man.
(b) The Mean Man.
(c) The Big Man.
(d) The Light Man.

2. What is the condition of Estha's bedroom?
(a) Elegant.
(b) Spotless.
(c) Messy.
(d) Filthy.

3. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?
(a) Velutha.
(b) Ammu.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Estha.

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

5. What country is India at war with when Rahel and Estha are born?
(a) Tibet.
(b) China.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Iran.

6. What does Mammachi do to welcome Sophie and Margaret into her home?
(a) Prepare a feast of pickles.
(b) Place flowers everywhere.
(c) Smell Sophie's hands.
(d) Play the violin.

7. Rahel remembers the family seeing a(n) _____________ on the way to the movies before they picked up Sophie Mol at the airport.
(a) Brittish military march.
(b) Hindu parade.
(c) Independece demonstration.
(d) Communist march.

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

9. What event does Estha write about in his Wisdom Exercise Notebook?
(a) His birthday.
(b) Sophie's birthday.
(c) Rahel's birthday.
(d) Ammu's birthday.

10. After Ammu dies, what does Chacko have done with the body?
(a) Cremated.
(b) Buried in the family plot.
(c) Tossed in a pauper's grave.
(d) Tossed out to sea.

11. What does Rahel realize as an adult about the way Velutha plays with the children?
(a) He was trying to get to Ammu.
(b) She believes he meant them harm.
(c) She recognizes the sweetness.
(d) She recognizes the creulty.

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

13. Baby Kochamma is whose younger sister?
(a) Rahel's mother.
(b) Rahel's grandmother.
(c) Rahel's grandfather.
(d) Rahel's father.

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

15. What does Velutha make the twins promise about the boat they find?
(a) Only use it with him.
(b) Only use it with an adult.
(c) Never put it in the water.
(d) Only use it during the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rahel study at college?

2. Velutha is ____________.

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

4. What animal does Rahel remember was running around the doctor's office in her childhood memory?

5. What does Velutha give each of the children the day that Sophie dies?

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