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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What is in Sophie Mol's bag the night the children take the boat out on the river?
(a) An Eagle flask.
(b) Food.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) Books.

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

6. What poet does Comrade Pillai try to get his son Lenin to recite to Chacko?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) E.B. White.
(c) Emily Dickenson.
(d) Shakespeare.

7. 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 horse.
(b) A car.
(c) Horse dung.
(d) A boat.

8. How does Velutha feel as he goes to the sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

9. What does Velutha usually wear?
(a) The sign of the Untouchable.
(b) A white mundu.
(c) A factory apron.
(d) A turban.

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

11. What poet does Comrade Pillai's niece recite to Chacko?
(a) Emily Dickenson.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) E.B. White.

12. What does Rahel do as the train Estha rides pulls out of the station?
(a) Cries.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Screams.

13. The kathakali performance Rahel watches is about what story?
(a) Ayemenem.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Egg Man.
(d) Karna and Kunti.

14. Where does Rahel start sleeping at night after she returns to the Ayemenem house as an adult?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In Ammu's room.
(c) In the old Plymouth.
(d) In Estha's bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is sinking into the ground next to the Ayemenem house as the monsoon rains fell?

2. Ammu worries about ____________, which is supposed to run in the family.

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

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

5. What is Velutha doing the night that Sophie Mol drowns?

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