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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ammu tells that twins that they should not wake dreaming people or else they will have what?
(a) A Heart Attack.
(b) Freed the Good Spirits.
(c) Ruined the Future.
(d) Nightmares.

2. What does Inspector Thomas give the twins to drink while he questions them at the police station?
(a) Water.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lemondrink.

3. What does Rahel think the temple of Kochu Thomban smells like?
(a) Death.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Rain.
(d) Rot.

4. Who joins Rahel at the temple to watch the kathakali?
(a) Estha.
(b) Comrade Pillai.
(c) Kochu Maria.
(d) Baby Kochamma.

5. What is Velutha doing the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) Making love to Ammu.
(b) Talking to Comrade Pillai.
(c) Working in the pickle factory.
(d) Swimming.

6. What does the father in the joke Chacko tells Margaret the morning he meets her at the cafe give to one of his son's as a birthday present?
(a) A car.
(b) A boat.
(c) Horse dung.
(d) A horse.

7. Ammu worries about ____________, which is supposed to run in the family.
(a) Asthma.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Madness.

8. What is the name of Comrade Pillai's wife?
(a) Kalyani.
(b) Karen.
(c) Olassa.
(d) Margaret.

9. Where does Velutha sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) By the riverside.
(b) In his hut.
(c) Comrade Pillai's house.
(d) The History House.

10. Why does Inspector Thomas send for Baby Kochamma after he talks to the twins?
(a) To trap Ammu.
(b) To save Velutha.
(c) She filed a false F.I.R.
(d) She lied about Chacko.

11. Who does grown up Rahel remind Estha of?
(a) Ammu.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Himself.

12. When Margaret is a waitress at a London cafe, what does she watch Chacko put into his coffee?
(a) A raw egg.
(b) Strawberry jam.
(c) Two heaped spoons of sugar.
(d) Half a pitcher of cream.

13. What is sinking into the ground next to the Ayemenem house as the monsoon rains fell?
(a) Pickle jars.
(b) The pickle factory.
(c) The plastic child's watch.
(d) The old Plymouth.

14. Where do Rahel and Estha go after they search for Sophie by the river?
(a) The pickle factory.
(b) Home.
(c) Velutha's hut.
(d) The History House.

15. What happens to the toys the children brought to the History House?
(a) The twins throw them in the river.
(b) The police take them.
(c) Ammu takes them.
(d) Velutha takes them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rahel decide is being beaten on the veranda of the History House instead of Velutha?

2. What does Ammu tell Estha he has to be sure to hold onto during their last conversation?

3. Where does Rahel start sleeping at night after she returns to the Ayemenem house as an adult?

4. Whose fault does Estha think it is that he has to be sent away?

5. What are the names of the two sons in the joke Chacko tells Margaret the morning he meets her at the cafe?

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