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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Estha talk to the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man about?
(a) Fishing in Ayemenem.
(b) The pickle factory.
(c) His mother and sister.
(d) The Sound of Music.

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

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

4. How many years are Rahel and Estha apart?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirty-one.

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

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

7. What does Chacko call Sophie?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Sophiekins.
(c) Lovey.
(d) Soso.

8. What is buried under the grounds of the History House?
(a) Small notebook.
(b) Toy car.
(c) Communist flag.
(d) Child's plastic wristwatch.

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

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

11. What does Rahel remember that Sophie Mol was wearing the day she arrived for a visit?
(a) Bell-bottoms.
(b) A plastic watch.
(c) Diamond earrings.
(d) Silk dress.

12. What is the condition of the family home the day Estha and Rahel are reunited?
(a) Elegantly remodeled.
(b) Empty of furniture.
(c) Spotless.
(d) Filthy.

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

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

15. Rahel never writes letters to Estha when they are apart because she says you can't write letters to ____________.
(a) A dead person.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A memory.
(d) A part of yourself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mombatti mean?

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

3. What is the Abhilash Talkies' lobby called?

4. What does Rahel realize as an adult about the way Velutha plays with the children?

5. Where does Rahel go to live after her marriage?

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