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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 long after Elsie leaves Digby, does he get a letter from her?

2. In 1967, how old is Big Ammachi?

3. How many days after his surgery is Lenin able to stand and greet Mariamma?

4. In 1973, how long has it been since Mariamma has been back to Parambil?

5. How many men are waiting outside the opium shop when Philipose arrives in Chapter 53?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1959, what schedule does Philipose keep?

2. What is Digby's only regret about managing Gwendolyn Gardens?

3. In Mariamma's anatomy class, who is the teacher?

4. What happens to Elsie three weeks after Mariamma is born?

5. Why did Elsie leave Mariamma?

6. Why does Philipose go to Madras, and how does he die?

7. How does Parambil thrive under Joppan's care?

8. In 1950, how many funerals has Big Ammachi attended?

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

10. How is money raised for a hospital in Parambil?

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

Jeb Pellington dies from an aneurysm. How and why is Claude responsible for Jeb’s death?

Essay Topic 3

India has had a caste system for centuries. How are characters affected by formal and informal caste systems?

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