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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 the name of the hotel where Rahel's family stays before going to the airport?

2. What does Rahel remember the children dressed up in to play with Velutha?

3. After Ammu is banished from the house, what illness does she have when she comes back to visit Rahel?

4. What does Mombatti mean?

5. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Rahel not say goodbye to Ammu on the last day she saw her mother alive?

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

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

5. What is the first memory Rahel has after she arrives at her childhood home?

6. Why does Estha become sick while watching The Sound of Music?

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

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

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

10. What is Chacko and Margaret's story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author show the hypocrisy and manipulation of idealism?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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