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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 are the scars from on Mammachi's head?
(a) Brain surgery.
(b) Boat accident.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Beatings from Pappachi.

2. What does Rahel call the man who shows them to the theater door when they go to the movies?
(a) The Mean Man.
(b) The Torch Man.
(c) The Big Man.
(d) The Light Man.

3. What do Estha and Rahel hold in their laps on the way to the airport?
(a) Eagle vacuum flasks.
(b) Books.
(c) Elegantly wrapped gifts.
(d) Flowers.

4. What is buried under the grounds of the History House?
(a) Toy car.
(b) Child's plastic wristwatch.
(c) Communist flag.
(d) Small notebook.

5. What is the name of Margaret Kochamma's second husband?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Joe.
(c) Frank.
(d) Chuck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children do with Velutha while they play on the day Sophie dies?

2. How old is Rahel when her banished mother comes to visit her in Ayemenem?

3. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?

4. What color is Sophie Mol's hair?

5. What language do Rahel and Estha speak to each other as children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rahel and Estha not see each other for twenty-three years?

2. How does Velutha feel after being fired from the pickle factory?

3. Who is Baby Kochamma?

4. What happens when Sophie Mol and Margaret arrive at the airport?

5. Why does Estha become sick while watching The Sound of Music?

6. What do the children notice in particular at the airport as they wait for Sophie Mol to arrive?

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

8. What happy memory does Rahel come across in Estha's childhood notebook?

9. What little game do Rahel, Estha and Sophie Mol play as they get to know each other?

10. What does Rahel realize as she sits in the dark garden one night watching Estha in his room through the window?

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