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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the Heart of Darkness?
(a) The river.
(b) The History House.
(c) Ayemenem.
(d) Rahel's childhood home.

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

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

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

10. The author describes Velutha as being as lonely as a ________________.
(a) Lion.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Bat.
(d) Spider.

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

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

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

14. What do the twins think Velutha's blood smells like as it comes to them on a breeze on the veranda of the History House?
(a) Old roses.
(b) Copper.
(c) Pickles.
(d) Oranges.

15. The kathakali performs dances about what?
(a) The Great Stories.
(b) The History of the World.
(c) The Heart of Darkness.
(d) The End of Days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Baby Kochamma tell the twins they will have to go along with Ammu when she is threatening them at the police station?

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

4. Ammu listens to music on her_____________.

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

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