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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 is Baby Kochamma watching on television as Rahel waits for Estha to return home?

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

3. What does Chacko call Sophie?

4. What did Rahel's mother melt her wedding ring into?

5. What do Estha and Rahel put in front of Velutha's hut the day they find the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rahel view her brother when she sees him for the first time in twenty-three years?

2. What is Chacko and Margaret's story?

3. Why do Rahel and Estha decide to include Sophie in their games?

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

5. How does Baby Kochamma get the twins to accuse Velutha of kidnapping them?

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

7. What does Comrade Pillai remember about Rahel and his son Lenin?

8. What does Chacko go to talk to Mr. Pillai about?

9. Describe Pappachi.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does The God of Small Things show how social, cultural, idealistic, and religious discrimination and racism run strong in all sects of the Indian society?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the theme that everything in life has its cost is shown throughout the novel.

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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