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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Rahel go to live after her marriage?
(a) London.
(b) Boston.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Calcutta.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Rahel realize as an adult about the way Velutha plays with the children?
(a) He was trying to get to Ammu.
(b) She believes he meant them harm.
(c) She recognizes the creulty.
(d) She recognizes the sweetness.

8. What did Rahel's mother melt her wedding ring into?
(a) Two diamond earrings.
(b) A coin with a diamond in the middle.
(c) A serpent headed bangle.
(d) A serpent headed pendant.

9. What does Velutha give each of the children the day that Sophie dies?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A polished rock.
(c) A toy ring.
(d) A daisy chain.

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

11. Where does Rahel go when she turns eleven?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) To live with an uncle in Calcutta.
(c) America.
(d) England.

12. What creature does Rahel see at Sophie Mol's funeral?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Baby bat.
(c) Moth.
(d) Baby mouse.

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

14. What do the children do with Velutha while they play on the day Sophie dies?
(a) Paint his nails.
(b) Play hide-and-seek.
(c) Color pictures.
(d) Put make-up on him.

15. Pappachi is an Imperial ____________________.
(a) Entomologist.
(b) Anglophile.
(c) Anthropologist.
(d) Endocrinologist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Laltain mean?

5. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4, Abhilash Talkies?

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