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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Comrade Pillia holds his ____________ like a gun to Chacko's head.
(a) Money.
(b) Ideals.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Politics.

3. When Baby Kochamma talks to Rahel and Estha at the police station, she tells the twins they are ______________.
(a) Sweeties.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Angels.
(d) Liars.

4. What does Comrade Pillia make for the pickle factory?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Jars.
(c) Labels.
(d) Doors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ammu see in a powerful dream?

2. Who is the only relative to attend Chacko's and Margaret's wedding?

3. What is the name of the river that plays such an integral part in the novel?

4. Ammu worries about ____________, which is supposed to run in the family.

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

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