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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Ammu dies, what does Chacko have done with the body?
(a) Tossed out to sea.
(b) Buried in the family plot.
(c) Cremated.
(d) Tossed in a pauper's grave.

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

4. 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) Starve them.
(b) Send them away.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Lock them in a closet.

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

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

7. What does Rahel remember the children dressed up in to play with Velutha?
(a) Wedding gowns.
(b) Silly hats.
(c) Saris.
(d) Hobo clothes.

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

9. What language do Rahel and Estha speak to each other as children?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Morovian.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Malayalam.

10. On the first night that it hasn't rained since her return to Ayemenem, what does Rahel sit out in the garden watching?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Moths.
(c) Toads.
(d) Locusts.

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

12. What is the name of Margaret Kochamma's second husband?
(a) Chuck.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Frank.
(d) Joe.

13. What subject does Baby Kochamma bring up at the airport to try to impress Sophie Mol?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Shakespeare.

14. Pappachi is the son of a reverend who founds a school for the _____________.
(a) Blind.
(b) Anglophiles.
(c) Untouchables.
(d) Poor.

15. Chacko is a self proclaimed ____________.
(a) Democrat.
(b) Rebel.
(c) Communist.
(d) Marxist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches the twins to swim?

2. Rahel remembers the family seeing a(n) _____________ on the way to the movies before they picked up Sophie Mol at the airport.

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

4. What does Velutha notice about Ammu as she watches him play with Rahel on the day Sophie Mol arrives?

5. What tone is Chacko using as he makes introductions at the airport?

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