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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. What is the name of the boarding school that expells Rahel?
(a) Cochin Convent.
(b) Nazareth Convent.
(c) Cochin Girls School.
(d) Delhi School for Girls.

2. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?
(a) Ammu.
(b) Velutha.
(c) Estha.
(d) Sophie.

3. On the first night that it hasn't rained since her return to Ayemenem, what does Rahel sit out in the garden watching?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Toads.
(c) Moths.
(d) Fireflies.

4. After Ammu is banished from the house, which of the following is NOT a gift she gives to Rahel when she visits?
(a) A tin Phantom pencil box.
(b) Gold serpent bangle.
(c) A Paul Bunyan comic.
(d) A packet of cigarette sweets.

5. Where is Estha's favorite thinking place as a child?
(a) His closet.
(b) Ammu's room.
(c) The pickle kitchen.
(d) The riverside.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are Rahel and Estha when they are reunited as adults?

2. What does Chacko call Sophie?

3. Baby Kochamma is whose younger sister?

4. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?

5. What does Rahel call the man who shows them to the theater door when they go to the movies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Estha go to the lobby by himself while the family is watching The Sound of Music at the Theater?

3. Why do the children plan to use the boat by the riverside?

4. Why did Rahel not say goodbye to Ammu on the last day she saw her mother alive?

5. Where did the saying "Big Man the Laltain, Small Man the Bombatti" come from?

6. What other childhood treasures did Rahel find hidden with the Wisdom Exercise Notebooks?

7. What are the Kathakali?

8. What does Kochu Maria do when she first greets Sophie Mol?

9. How does the incident with the soft drink vendor affect Estha?

10. Why does Rahel refer to the visit of Sophie Mol as the Play?

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