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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. How old is Rahel's cousin, Sophie Mol, when she dies?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Nine.

2. What does Velutha give each of the children the day that Sophie dies?
(a) A daisy chain.
(b) A polished rock.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A toy ring.

3. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?
(a) A baby.
(b) Evil.
(c) Poison.
(d) Fruit.

4. What month is it when Rahel returns to Ayemenem at the beginning of the novel?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) September.

5. Where is Estha while Rahel waits to see him for the first time as an adult?
(a) At the movies.
(b) Walking in the rain.
(c) Shopping with a friend.
(d) At the pickle factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the hair clasps Rahel wears called?

2. What is buried under the grounds of the History House?

3. Which character in The Sound of Music does Rahel identify with most?

4. Where does Chacko, Rahel's uncle, study?

5. Velutha is ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the first memory Rahel has after she arrives at her childhood home?

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

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

5. What does Velutha do after he is fired from the pickle factory?

6. Who is Baby Kochamma?

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

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

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

10. When does Ammu realize there is a special bond between Velutha and her children?

(see the answer keys)

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