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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only relative to attend Chacko's and Margaret's wedding?
(a) Mammachi.
(b) Margaret's mother.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Ammu.

2. What is the name of the river that plays such an integral part in the novel?
(a) Meenachal River.
(b) Kerala River.
(c) Ayemenem River.
(d) Heart of Darkness.

3. What color does Estha notice everything on the train is?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

4. What causes the children's boat to overturn the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) A big wave.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A log.
(d) Strong wind.

5. Who is pleased to know that Rahel still enjoys the kathakali?
(a) Estha.
(b) Kochu Maria.
(c) Baby Kochamma.
(d) Comrade Pillia.

6. Who does Rahel ask Ammu about and ruin the mood of a pleasant afternoon?
(a) Velutha.
(b) Pappachi.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Baba.

7. What is the only thing Velutha is wearing as he is being beaten on the veranda of the History House?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Mundu.
(c) Turban.
(d) Red nail polish.

8. What is Sophie Mol wearing the night she drowns?
(a) Yellow bell-bottoms.
(b) A purple sari.
(c) A red Mickey Mouse sweatshirt.
(d) A mauve corduroy pinafore.

9. What is clutched in Sophie Mol's hand as she drowns?
(a) The gift from Velutha.
(b) A child's plastic watch.
(c) Her mother's picture.
(d) A silver thimble.

10. When does Ammu tell Estha she will see him again as he sits on the train?
(a) As soon as he finishes school.
(b) Month after next.
(c) As soon as she gets a job.
(d) In June.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in Sophie Mol's bag the night the children take the boat out on the river?

2. Who does Ammu see in a powerful dream?

3. What does Rahel take to the temple elephant, Kochu Thomban?

4. What slides into Estha that day at the police station?

5. What is the Heart of Darkness?

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