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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 first surgery Mariamma does before she is ready?

2. Who finds Ammachi and Baby Mol when they die?

3. In Chapter 54, how long has Anna's husband been missing?

4. How old is Broker Aniyan in 1976?

5. At how many feet is Digby's bungalow at Gwendolyn Gardens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lenin's family die?

2. What is the exam like after Mariamma spends over a year of studying the body?

3. Where does Lenin go after his family dies, and why is he sent to Parambil?

4. What trouble does Elsie have during Mariamma's birth?

5. What does Joppan inherit from his father?

6. How did Digby and Elsie meet again after she left Parambil?

7. In 1959, what schedule does Philipose keep?

8. What addiction does Philipose have after his ankle injuries?

9. How does Mariamma learn that Philipose was not her father?

10. What does Elsie look like when Mariamma first sees her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Covenant of Water? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Philipose has been fascinated with Elsie since he first saw her when he was a boy. What are Philipose and Elsie looking for in marriage? Why do they marry one another?

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