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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How old is Rahel's cousin, Sophie Mol, when she dies?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Nine.

5. What does Velutha make the twins promise about the boat they find?
(a) Only use it with him.
(b) Only use it with an adult.
(c) Only use it during the day.
(d) Never put it in the water.

6. What about Velutha reminds Ammu of him as a child?
(a) His walk.
(b) His smile.
(c) His laugh.
(d) His hands.

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

8. What does Rahel call the man who shows them to the theater door when they go to the movies?
(a) The Torch Man.
(b) The Mean Man.
(c) The Big Man.
(d) The Light Man.

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

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

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

12. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?
(a) Fruit.
(b) A baby.
(c) Evil.
(d) Poison.

13. As Rahel gets reacquainted with her childhood home, she sees that the History House is now what?
(a) Occupied by a family.
(b) Dilapadated.
(c) An empty field.
(d) A hotel.

14. What is the Abhilash Talkies' lobby called?
(a) Princess Circle.
(b) Snack Bar.
(c) Torchlight.
(d) Big Man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the religious background of Rahel's family?

2. As an adult, Rahel contemplates her future prospects. How much money does she have to her name?

3. What language do Rahel and Estha speak to each other as children?

4. As Rahel contemplates what to do with the rest of her life, she wishes she and Estha could go live in Baby Kochamma's _______________.

5. What is the name of the boarding school that expells Rahel?

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