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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rahel's father move to?
(a) Australia.
(b) Canada.
(c) England.
(d) America.

2. Velutha is ____________.
(a) A scholar.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An Untouchable.
(d) A priest.

3. Whose advances and little seductions does Sophie Mol reject?
(a) Estha.
(b) Chacko.
(c) Baby Kochamma.
(d) Ammu.

4. Which character in The Sound of Music does Rahel identify with most?
(a) The oldest daughter.
(b) Maria.
(c) Baron von Trapp.
(d) The youngest daughter.

5. Where does Chacko, Rahel's uncle, study?
(a) University of Delhi.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Estha leaves the theater for a second time to go to the lobby because he feels ____________.

2. What color is Sophie Mol's hair?

3. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?

4. Rahel remembers the family seeing a(n) _____________ on the way to the movies before they picked up Sophie Mol at the airport.

5. What does Rahel realize as an adult about the way Velutha plays with the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chacko end up marrying an Englishwoman?

2. How does Baby Kochamma get the twins to accuse Velutha of kidnapping them?

3. What is Chacko and Margaret's story?

4. What happens after Rahel and Estha see the Kathakali?

5. How was the hotel, which was formerly the History House, advertised to tourists?

6. What year is the author remembering at the beginning of Chapter 4, Abhilash Talkies?

7. What does Comrade Pillai remember about Rahel and his son Lenin?

8. What do the twins do when they find a boat by the river?

9. How does the family learn of Ammu's affair with Velutha and how do they react?

10. How does Mammachi feel about her son Chacko?

(see the answer keys)

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