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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 does Laltain mean?
(a) Loveless.
(b) Little.
(c) Lantern.
(d) Lover.

2. What is Estha wearing the day they go to The Sound of Music?
(a) Beige and pointy shoes.
(b) Leather jacket.
(c) Blue suede shoes.
(d) Silk shirt and gold chains.

3. What tone is Chacko using as he makes introductions at the airport?
(a) Angry Man voice.
(b) Reading Aloud voice.
(c) Emporer of India voice.
(d) Kind Father voice.

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

5. Who does Rahel meet as she is walking along the river remembering her childhood?
(a) Baby Kochamma.
(b) Chacko.
(c) Kari Saipu.
(d) Comrade Pillai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the child, who has the same ailment she does, that Rahel remembers seeing on a trip to the doctor?

2. What hangs on the wall at the entrance of the Kochamma house?

3. Velutha's hut is full of what?

4. What did Rahel's mother melt her wedding ring into?

5. Where does Rahel go to live after her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rahel feeling about her future when she returns to Ayemenem?

2. Who is Baby Kochamma?

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

4. How long does the affair between Ammu and Velutha last?

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

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

7. What did Rahel think had laid siege on her childhood home on Ayemenem when she saw it for the first time as an adult?

8. What do the twins realize about Ammu years later?

9. Why do the other factory workers dislike Velutha according to Pillai?

10. What is the photograph of that Comrade Pillai shows to Rahel?

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