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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 first thing Rahel's family does when they get to the movie theater to see The Sound of Music?
(a) Buy popcorn.
(b) Go to the bathrooms.
(c) Play games.
(d) Find their seats.

2. What do people living in huts by the riverside use the river for?
(a) Bathing.
(b) A toilet.
(c) Swiming.
(d) Fishing.

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

4. As an adult, Rahel contemplates her future prospects. How much money does she have to her name?
(a) $600.
(b) $700.
(c) $7000.
(d) $6000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rahel describes Sophie Mol as being ___________.

2. What does Rahel think of as The Sound of Music "smell"?

3. What does Sophie Mol tell Estha and Rahel she is doing when they find her crying in the garden?

4. What country is India at war with when Rahel and Estha are born?

5. Where does Rahel go when she turns eleven?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chacko go to talk to Mr. Pillai about?

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

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

5. Summarize what happened to Rahel in the years she has been away from Ayemenem?

6. What happens after Estha boards the train to go to his father?

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

8. Describe what happens when Rahel sees Estha for the first time after twenty-three years.

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

10. How does Chacko end up marrying an Englishwoman?

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