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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Rahel now see as an adult was the one victim of that tragic day in her childhood?
(a) Estha.
(b) Velutha.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Ammu.

3. What does Mombatti mean?
(a) Memory.
(b) Tall man.
(c) Tallow-stick.
(d) Mellow.

4. Where does Ammu take Rahel and Estha after the funeral of Sophie Mol?
(a) The police station.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) The church.
(d) Home.

5. What is the name of Margaret Kochamma's second husband?
(a) Chuck.
(b) Frank.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Joe.

6. What about Velutha reminds Ammu of him as a child?
(a) His walk.
(b) His smile.
(c) His laugh.
(d) His hands.

7. Where does Rahel hide while Sophie and Margaret are being introduced to the family?
(a) Behind her mother's sari.
(b) Wrapped in the airport curtains.
(c) Beside a cement kangaroo.
(d) Inside a stall in the bathroom.

8. What does Rahel study at college?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Archeology.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Artistry.

9. Estha goes out to the lobby by himself while the family is at the movie theaters watching The Sound of Music because he is ___________.
(a) Coughing.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Singing loudly.
(d) Talking loudly.

10. What event does Estha write about in his Wisdom Exercise Notebook?
(a) His birthday.
(b) Ammu's birthday.
(c) Sophie's birthday.
(d) Rahel's birthday.

11. What did Rahel's mother melt her wedding ring into?
(a) Two diamond earrings.
(b) A coin with a diamond in the middle.
(c) A serpent headed bangle.
(d) A serpent headed pendant.

12. What color is Sophie Mol's hair?
(a) Light blond.
(b) Dark red.
(c) Deep red-brown.
(d) Jet black.

13. Ammu says her phlegm is like what?
(a) A baby.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Evil.
(d) Poison.

14. Where did Rahel's father move to?
(a) America.
(b) Canada.
(c) England.
(d) Australia.

15. What does Rahel wear to the airport to pick up Margaret and Sophie Mol?
(a) Bell-bottoms and a hat.
(b) Polka-dotted pants.
(c) A yellow sari.
(d) A lacy dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Velutha give each of the children the day that Sophie dies?

2. What do people living in huts by the riverside use the river for?

3. What becomes Kochu Maria's favorite television show?

4. Which character in The Sound of Music does Rahel identify with most?

5. When they are children, what does Rahel steal from Baby Kochamma after Estha leaves?

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