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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ammu tell Estha and Rahel she will do to them if they ever embarrass her in public again like they did at the airport?
(a) Beat them.
(b) Send them away.
(c) Starve them.
(d) Lock them in a closet.

2. Estha goes out to the lobby by himself while the family is at the movie theaters watching The Sound of Music because he is ___________.
(a) Singing loudly.
(b) Talking loudly.
(c) Vomiting.
(d) Coughing.

3. After Ammu is banished from the house, what illness does she have when she comes back to visit Rahel?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) The flu.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Asthma.

4. What is the name of Velutha's brother?
(a) Kachimi.
(b) Kuttapen.
(c) Kochu.
(d) Kerpala.

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

6. What do the children do with Velutha while they play on the day Sophie dies?
(a) Paint his nails.
(b) Color pictures.
(c) Play hide-and-seek.
(d) Put make-up on him.

7. What does Baby Kochamma eat while she watches television?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Figs.
(d) Grapes.

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

9. As Rahel watches a silent Estha strip off his clothes, how does she describe them both?
(a) Sad.
(b) Young.
(c) Old.
(d) Pathetic.

10. What is Estha thinking about as he silently watches Rahel go through their childhood notebooks?
(a) Rain.
(b) Trains.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

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

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

13. What part of Estha does Rahel reach out and touch even though he has not even acknowledged her being in the house?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His earlobe.
(c) His cheek.
(d) His hand.

14. Where does Rahel tell Velutha she saw him in Cochin the day before Sophie Mol arrived?
(a) Movie theater.
(b) The airport.
(c) The park.
(d) Communist march.

15. Where does Chacko, Rahel's uncle, study?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Boston University.
(d) University of Delhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sohpie Mol tell Chacko about being her father?

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

3. What is Baby Kochamma watching on television as Rahel waits for Estha to return home?

4. Pappachi is an Imperial ____________________.

5. How does Mammachi feel about Margaret Kochamma?

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