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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Ammu listens to music on her_____________.
(a) Stereo.
(b) Gramophone.
(c) Pineapple radio.
(d) Tangerine transister.

4. What is Velutha doing the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Working in the pickle factory.
(c) Making love to Ammu.
(d) Talking to Comrade Pillai.

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

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

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

8. Who is Baby Kochamma still in love with years later when she is an old woman?
(a) Velutha.
(b) Father Mulligan.
(c) Comrade Pillai.
(d) Lord Vishnu.

9. Who does grown up Rahel remind Estha of?
(a) Ammu.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Himself.

10. Ammu tells that twins that they should not wake dreaming people or else they will have what?
(a) Ruined the Future.
(b) A Heart Attack.
(c) Freed the Good Spirits.
(d) Nightmares.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many steps lead from Velutha's hut down to the river?

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

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