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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The History House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who corrected all the spelling errors in Estha's Wisdom Exercise Notebook?
(a) Chacko.
(b) Ammu.
(c) The tutor.
(d) The teacher.

2. What is Estha thinking about as he silently watches Rahel go through their childhood notebooks?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Rain.
(d) Trains.

3. What is Sophie Mol wearing the night she drowns?
(a) A mauve corduroy pinafore.
(b) A red Mickey Mouse sweatshirt.
(c) Yellow bell-bottoms.
(d) A purple sari.

4. Ammu tells that twins that they should not wake dreaming people or else they will have what?
(a) Freed the Good Spirits.
(b) A Heart Attack.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Ruined the Future.

5. What language do Rahel and Estha speak to each other as children?
(a) Malayalam.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Morovian.
(d) Hindi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Estha does Rahel reach out and touch even though he has not even acknowledged her being in the house?

2. What does Rahel stick up her nose and have to go see a doctor to have removed when she is a child?

3. Ammu meets the twins' father when she is visiting a cousin in what city?

4. After Ammu dies, what does Chacko have done with the body?

5. Where does Rahel start sleeping at night after she returns to the Ayemenem house as an adult?

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