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

Short Answer Questions

1. The kathakali performance Rahel watches is about what story?

2. What poet does Comrade Pillai try to get his son Lenin to recite to Chacko?

3. What does Chacko love most about Margaret?

4. How does Velutha feel as he goes to the sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?

5. Who does Rahel ask Ammu about and ruin the mood of a pleasant afternoon?

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

Discuss the relationship of Rahel and Estha in these terms: a) Is the twins' relationship a sustaining, positive force for both of them? or b) Is the twins' relationship an unhealthy, destructive force for both of them? Use specific themes and events in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the reaction the family has to Ammu's affair versus the reaction they have to Sophie's drowning. Why is one more important to the family?

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