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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What slides into Estha that day at the police station?
(a) Desire.
(b) Terror.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Silence.

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

6. What does Chacko go to Comrade Pillai's house to discuss?
(a) Politics.
(b) Factory business.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Velutha.

7. Where does Baby Kochamma tell the twins they will have to go along with Ammu when she is threatening them at the police station?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Canada.
(c) Jail.
(d) Home.

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

9. Where does Ammu tell the children she should have taken them the night they ran away with Sophie Mol?
(a) Jail.
(b) America.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) Disney Land.

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

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

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

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

14. Whose fault does Estha think it is that he has to be sent away?
(a) His.
(b) Ammu's.
(c) Velutha's.
(d) Chacko's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the toys the children brought to the History House?

2. How does Velutha feel as he goes to the sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?

3. In her dream, which of the following animals does Ammu NOT see?

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

5. What color does Estha notice everything on the train is?

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