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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chacko love most about Margaret?
(a) Her smile.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her self-sufficiency.

2. What does Chacko have on his fried egg the morning he meets Margaret at the London cafe?
(a) Strawberry jam.
(b) Cream.
(c) Pickles.
(d) Sugar.

3. What does Rahel think the temple of Kochu Thomban smells like?
(a) Rain.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Death.
(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. When Margaret is a waitress at a London cafe, what does she watch Chacko put into his coffee?
(a) Two heaped spoons of sugar.
(b) Half a pitcher of cream.
(c) A raw egg.
(d) Strawberry jam.

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

7. What does Ammu tell Estha he has to be sure to hold onto during their last conversation?
(a) His train ticket.
(b) His father's hand.
(c) Her love.
(d) Her promises.

8. Who does Rahel decide is being beaten on the veranda of the History House instead of Velutha?
(a) His twin brother.
(b) His father.
(c) Chacko.
(d) Estha.

9. What is the name of last place Estha ever sees Ammu?
(a) Cochin Harbor Terminus.
(b) Sea Queen Hotel and Terminal.
(c) History House.
(d) Ayemenem Train Station.

10. Who comes to the veranda of the History House, waking the twins?
(a) Ammu.
(b) Baby Ayemenem.
(c) Cochin Guard.
(d) Kottayam Police.

11. What are the names of the two sons in the joke Chacko tells Margaret the morning he meets her at the cafe?
(a) Karna and Kuntu.
(b) Pete and Stuart.
(c) Bhima and Dauseva.
(d) John and Frank.

12. What kind of coupons is Baby Kochamma filling out as she sits in bed listening for Rahel and Estha?
(a) Listerine.
(b) Dove.
(c) Crest.
(d) Palmolive.

13. When Baby Kochamma talks to Rahel and Estha at the police station, she tells the twins they are ______________.
(a) Angels.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Sweeties.
(d) Liars.

14. What does Rahel take to the temple elephant, Kochu Thomban?
(a) Coconut.
(b) Jar of pickles.
(c) Apple.
(d) Money.

15. Who does Ammu see in a powerful dream?
(a) Estha and Rahel.
(b) A one-armed man.
(c) Sophie Mol's body.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Comrade Pillia make for the pickle factory?

2. What does Rahel do as the train Estha rides pulls out of the station?

3. Why does Inspector Thomas send for Baby Kochamma after he talks to the twins?

4. Comrade Pillia holds his ____________ like a gun to Chacko's head.

5. What is the Heart of Darkness?

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