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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Rahel's family does when they get to the movie theater to see The Sound of Music?
(a) Find their seats.
(b) Go to the bathrooms.
(c) Play games.
(d) Buy popcorn.

2. 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 hand.
(c) His earlobe.
(d) His cheek.

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

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

5. What color aprons do the workers at the pickle factory wear?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Pink.

6. What does Rahel think of as The Sound of Music "smell"?
(a) Peanuts, sweetnuts, and hairoil.
(b) People, peanuts, and candy.
(c) People, hairoil, and old carpet.
(d) Peanuts, sweet drinks, and perfume.

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

8. What are the scars from on Mammachi's head?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Boat accident.
(c) Beatings from Pappachi.
(d) Brain surgery.

9. What do Rahel and Estha grow up seeing themselves as after the day Sophie Mol dies?
(a) Losers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Perpetrators.
(d) Victims.

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

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

12. What do Estha and Rahel hold in their laps on the way to the airport?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Elegantly wrapped gifts.
(c) Books.
(d) Eagle vacuum flasks.

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

14. Ammu meets the twins' father when she is visiting a cousin in what city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) London.
(d) Delhi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rahel never writes letters to Estha when they are apart because she says you can't write letters to ____________.

2. 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?

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

4. Whose advances and little seductions does Sophie Mol reject?

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

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