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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sophie Mol tell Estha and Rahel she is doing when they find her crying in the garden?
(a) Being Lonely.
(b) Spying on Baby Kochamma.
(c) Catching spiders.
(d) Meditating.

3. What does Kochu Maria make for Sophie Mol's arrival?
(a) Curry.
(b) A cake.
(c) Rice balls.
(d) A pie.

4. When they are children, what does Rahel steal from Baby Kochamma after Estha leaves?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Her diary.
(c) Money.
(d) Her rosary.

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

6. What is Estha wearing the day they go to The Sound of Music?
(a) Beige and pointy shoes.
(b) Leather jacket.
(c) Blue suede shoes.
(d) Silk shirt and gold chains.

7. What is Baby Kochamma watching on television as Rahel waits for Estha to return home?
(a) Oprah.
(b) The Best of Donahue.
(c) Prime Bodies.
(d) Leave it to Beaver.

8. Where did Rahel's father move to?
(a) England.
(b) Australia.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

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

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

11. How does Mammachi feel about Margaret Kochamma?
(a) Despises her.
(b) Fears her.
(c) Pities her.
(d) Loves her.

12. What does Velutha give each of the children the day that Sophie dies?
(a) A toy ring.
(b) A polished rock.
(c) A daisy chain.
(d) A spoon.

13. Who is Kochu Maria?
(a) Estha's wife.
(b) The family servant.
(c) Baby Kochamma's sister.
(d) Rahel's best friend.

14. Baby Kochamma tells Rahel and Estha as they wait for the plane to arrive that they are what?
(a) Ambassadors of India.
(b) Good boys and girls.
(c) The Welcoming Committee.
(d) Naughty children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rahel remember the children dressed up in to play with Velutha?

3. As Rahel watches a silent Estha strip off his clothes, how does she describe them both?

4. What does Laltain mean?

5. Who corrected all the spelling errors in Estha's Wisdom Exercise Notebook?

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