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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father in the joke Chacko tells Margaret the morning he meets her at the cafe give to one of his son's as a birthday present?
(a) A boat.
(b) A car.
(c) Horse dung.
(d) A horse.

2. What are the names of the two sons in the joke Chacko tells Margaret the morning he meets her at the cafe?
(a) Bhima and Dauseva.
(b) John and Frank.
(c) Pete and Stuart.
(d) Karna and Kuntu.

3. Ammu listens to music on her_____________.
(a) Tangerine transister.
(b) Stereo.
(c) Gramophone.
(d) Pineapple radio.

4. What poet does Comrade Pillai try to get his son Lenin to recite to Chacko?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) E.B. White.
(d) Emily Dickenson.

5. The author describes Velutha as being as lonely as a ________________.
(a) Lion.
(b) Bat.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is pleased to know that Rahel still enjoys the kathakali?

2. Ammu tells that twins that they should not wake dreaming people or else they will have what?

3. What poet does Comrade Pillai's niece recite to Chacko?

4. The kathakali performs dances about what?

5. What is sinking into the ground next to the Ayemenem house as the monsoon rains fell?

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