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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the hotel where Rahel's family stays before going to the airport?
(a) Hotel Sea Queen.
(b) The Warm Moth.
(c) The Circle Princess.
(d) Cochin Inn.

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

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

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

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

8. What do Estha and Rahel put in front of Velutha's hut the day they find the boat?
(a) Toy soldier.
(b) Communist flag.
(c) A jar of pickles.
(d) Bouquet of flowers.

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

10. What is the name of the boarding school that expells Rahel?
(a) Cochin Convent.
(b) Delhi School for Girls.
(c) Cochin Girls School.
(d) Nazareth Convent.

11. What is the religious background of Rahel's family?
(a) Budhist.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Christian.

12. Estha leaves the theater for a second time to go to the lobby because he feels ____________.
(a) Hungry.
(b) Silly.
(c) Vomity.
(d) Faint.

13. 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.

14. What are the cement kangaroos that fascinate Rahel at the airport?
(a) Trash cans.
(b) Directional signs.
(c) Sculptures.
(d) Benches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Ammu is banished from the house, what illness does she have when she comes back to visit Rahel?

2. On the first night that it hasn't rained since her return to Ayemenem, what does Rahel sit out in the garden watching?

3. What is the name of the child, who has the same ailment she does, that Rahel remembers seeing on a trip to the doctor?

4. What does Rahel stick up her nose and have to go see a doctor to have removed when she is a child?

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

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