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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. How does Rune die?

2. What birthday does Ammachi celebrate after five years at Parambil?

3. What hospital is Digby taken to when he arrives in India in 1933?

4. On theater days, how many peptic ulcer surgeries can Digby perform before he gets to anything else?

5. How old is Ammachi when she marries?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does JoJo die?

2. How does Philipose begin reading Moby Dick?

3. How does Digby finally get the surgical education he desires?

4. Why does Elsie agree to marry Philipose?

5. In 1903, what does Ammachi get to read?

6. What is Muller's Madness, and what plans do Chandy and others have for the property?

7. How does Claude midiagnose Lena Mylin's condition?

8. When does Ammachi's mother come to live at Parambil, and why does she come?

9. What happens after Jeb's death?

10. Who is Georgie and why does he live near Parambil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life. How does Verghese use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Covenant of Water?

Essay Topic 2

At first, Philipose is excited about going to college, but he gets anxious the closer it gets to having to leave. Why does Philipose anxious about going to college? What does his anxiousness reveal about his attachment to home?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Verghese use chapter titles in The Covenant of Water?

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