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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) Horse dung.
(b) A car.
(c) A horse.
(d) A boat.

2. Where does Velutha sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) The History House.
(b) In his hut.
(c) By the riverside.
(d) Comrade Pillai's house.

3. Why does Inspector Thomas send for Baby Kochamma after he talks to the twins?
(a) She lied about Chacko.
(b) She filed a false F.I.R.
(c) To save Velutha.
(d) To trap Ammu.

4. What does Rahel think the temple of Kochu Thomban smells like?
(a) Death.
(b) Rot.
(c) Rain.
(d) Sadness.

5. What poet does Comrade Pillai's niece recite to Chacko?
(a) E.B. White.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Emily Dickenson.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Velutha feel as he goes to the sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?

2. The kathakali performance Rahel watches is about what story?

3. What is clutched in Sophie Mol's hand as she drowns?

4. Who is Baby Kochamma still in love with years later when she is an old woman?

5. What color does Estha notice everything on the train is?

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