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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the cement kangaroos that fascinate Rahel at the airport?

2. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?

3. What does Estha talk to the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man about?

4. Baby Kochamma tells Rahel and Estha as they wait for the plane to arrive that they are what?

5. Where does Rahel hide while Sophie and Margaret are being introduced to the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mammachi feel about her son Chacko?

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

3. What do the twins do when they find a boat by the river?

4. Describe Pappachi.

5. How long does the affair between Ammu and Velutha last?

6. What does Ammu think about after she locks herself in the bathroom one afternoon?

7. What are the Kathakali?

8. What happens after Rahel and Estha see the Kathakali?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Margaret and Sophie in the novel and what they represent.

Essay Topic 2

What are the Small Things? How are they in contrast to Big Things? Why is Velutha the God of Small Things?

Essay Topic 3

What role do homecomings play in the novel? Are they positive or negative?

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