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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 does Rahel wear to the airport to pick up Margaret and Sophie Mol?

2. What tone is Chacko using as he makes introductions at the airport?

3. Velutha is ____________.

4. What does Mammachi do to welcome Sophie and Margaret into her home?

5. What does Sohpie Mol tell Chacko about being her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Velutha?

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

3. Why do Estha and Rahel love Sophie Mol?

4. How was the hotel, which was formerly the History House, advertised to tourists?

5. Why does Baby Kochamma force Ammu to leave the house?

6. How do the police treat the twins after finding them at the History House?

7. What is the photograph of that Comrade Pillai shows to Rahel?

8. How does the family learn of Ammu's affair with Velutha and how do they react?

9. What happens when the children start to cross the river in the boat?

10. What is life like in the Ayemenem house twenty three years after the tragedy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do moths play in the novel, both in a literal sense and as imagery?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following statement: "...it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much." What were the Love Laws and which ones were broken in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the Communist party to the events and themes of the novel.

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