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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Rahel hide while Sophie and Margaret are being introduced to the family?
(a) Inside a stall in the bathroom.
(b) Wrapped in the airport curtains.
(c) Behind her mother's sari.
(d) Beside a cement kangaroo.

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

5. To save himself from being fired, the twins' father offers for Ammu to do what?
(a) Become his boss's mistress.
(b) Move to America.
(c) Go to work in the pickle factory.
(d) Become a prostitute.

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

7. What hangs on the wall at the entrance of the Kochamma house?
(a) Stuffed antelope head.
(b) Stuffed Elephant head.
(c) Stuffed bison head.
(d) Stuffed marlin.

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

9. What does Sohpie Mol tell Chacko about being her father?
(a) She wants him to come to England.
(b) She loves Joe more.
(c) She loves Joe less.
(d) She wants to stay in Ayemenem.

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

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

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

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

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

15. As an adult, Rahel contemplates her future prospects. How much money does she have to her name?
(a) $700.
(b) $600.
(c) $6000.
(d) $7000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rahel think of as The Sound of Music "smell"?

2. What does Mammachi do to welcome Sophie and Margaret into her home?

3. What do people in Ayemenem steal from Baby Kochamma?

4. What is Estha wearing the day they go to The Sound of Music?

5. What does Baby Kochamma eat while she watches television?

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