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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. As Rahel watches a silent Estha strip off his clothes, how does she describe them both?
(a) Pathetic.
(b) Old.
(c) Sad.
(d) Young.

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

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

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

10. What becomes Kochu Maria's favorite television show?
(a) Leave it to Beaver.
(b) Days of our Lives.
(c) The Price is Right.
(d) Hulk Hogan.

11. Sophie Mol vows to drink only out of what while she was in Ayemenem?
(a) A champaigne flute.
(b) A thimble.
(c) A flask.
(d) A crystal glass.

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

13. Whose advances and little seductions does Sophie Mol reject?
(a) Chacko.
(b) Ammu.
(c) Baby Kochamma.
(d) Estha.

14. Where is Estha's favorite thinking place as a child?
(a) His closet.
(b) The riverside.
(c) The pickle kitchen.
(d) Ammu's room.

15. Estha leaves the theater for a second time to go to the lobby because he feels ____________.
(a) Faint.
(b) Vomity.
(c) Silly.
(d) Hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?

2. After Ammu is banished from the house, which of the following is NOT a gift she gives to Rahel when she visits?

3. What kind of car does Rahel's family own?

4. What is the name of Velutha's brother?

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

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