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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of last place Estha ever sees Ammu?

2. When Margaret is a waitress at a London cafe, what does she watch Chacko put into his coffee?

3. Comrade Pillia holds his ____________ like a gun to Chacko's head.

4. What is clutched in Sophie Mol's hand as she drowns?

5. What color does Estha notice everything on the train is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The twins take years to realize the part that Ammu has played in the whole tragedy. What was Ammu's role in the tragedy of the twins, Sophie Mol, and Velutha?

Essay Topic 3

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

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