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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Cochin Harbor Terminus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Estha's favorite thinking place as a child?
(a) Ammu's room.
(b) The pickle kitchen.
(c) His closet.
(d) The riverside.

2. Where does Velutha sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) By the riverside.
(b) The History House.
(c) In his hut.
(d) Comrade Pillai's house.

3. What is the name of Comrade Pillai's wife?
(a) Karen.
(b) Kalyani.
(c) Olassa.
(d) Margaret.

4. How many years are Rahel and Estha apart?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twelve.

5. What does Chacko go to Comrade Pillai's house to discuss?
(a) Velutha.
(b) Politics.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Factory business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chacko have on his fried egg the morning he meets Margaret at the London cafe?

2. What kind of coupons is Baby Kochamma filling out as she sits in bed listening for Rahel and Estha?

3. What is in Sophie Mol's bag the night the children take the boat out on the river?

4. As Rahel watches a silent Estha strip off his clothes, how does she describe them both?

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

(see the answer key)

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