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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. Chacko is a self proclaimed ____________.

3. How old is Rahel's cousin, Sophie Mol, when she dies?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Velutha?

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

3. Why does Chacko have trouble sleeping at the hotel the night before Sophie and Margaret Kochamma's arrival in India?

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

5. What is Chacko and Margaret's story?

6. What does Rahel notice has become of the river that played such an important role in her childhood?

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

8. How does Mammachi feel about her son Chacko?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the twins consider how much they are loved, whom they love, and who loves them? What are the roots of this deep-seeded need and how is it shown throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What does this last statement in the kathakali play illuminate?: "The twins--Nakula and Sahadeva--will go untouched. But Aruna--him I will make no promises about. I will kill him, or he will kill me. One of us will die."

Essay Topic 3

What pivotal role does Baby Kochamma play in destroying four lives in order to save the family name?

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