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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 do people living in huts by the riverside use the river for?

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

3. How old is Rahel when her banished mother comes to visit her in Ayemenem?

4. Where does Rahel tell Velutha she saw him in Cochin the day before Sophie Mol arrived?

5. What is the Abhilash Talkies' lobby called?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rahel refer to the visit of Sophie Mol as the Play?

2. Summarize what happened to Rahel in the years she has been away from Ayemenem?

3. Why do the children plan to use the boat by the riverside?

4. What happens when the police find Velutha and the twins at the History House?

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

6. Describe what happens when Rahel sees Estha for the first time after twenty-three years.

7. Why did Rahel and Estha not see each other for twenty-three years?

8. Describe Pappachi.

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

10. Why does Estha go to the lobby by himself while the family is watching The Sound of Music at the Theater?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the pivotal events that occur when the family goes to the cinema house to watch The Sound of Music.

Essay Topic 3

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

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