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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people in Ayemenem steal from Baby Kochamma?
(a) Satellite dish.
(b) Peanuts.
(c) Insulin.
(d) Pickles.

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

3. As an adult, Rahel contemplates her future prospects. How much money does she have to her name?
(a) $600.
(b) $700.
(c) $7000.
(d) $6000.

4. Baby Kochamma tells Rahel and Estha as they wait for the plane to arrive that they are what?
(a) Ambassadors of India.
(b) The Welcoming Committee.
(c) Good boys and girls.
(d) Naughty children.

5. What animal does Rahel remember was running around the doctor's office in her childhood memory?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Cat.
(c) Rat.
(d) Dog.

6. What do the children do with Velutha while they play on the day Sophie dies?
(a) Put make-up on him.
(b) Play hide-and-seek.
(c) Color pictures.
(d) Paint his nails.

7. What is the name of the boarding school that expells Rahel?
(a) Nazareth Convent.
(b) Delhi School for Girls.
(c) Cochin Convent.
(d) Cochin Girls School.

8. As Rahel watches a silent Estha strip off his clothes, how does she describe them both?
(a) Old.
(b) Young.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Sad.

9. After Ammu is banished from the house, which of the following is NOT a gift she gives to Rahel when she visits?
(a) Gold serpent bangle.
(b) A Paul Bunyan comic.
(c) A tin Phantom pencil box.
(d) A packet of cigarette sweets.

10. What does Rahel think of as The Sound of Music "smell"?
(a) Peanuts, sweet drinks, and perfume.
(b) Peanuts, sweetnuts, and hairoil.
(c) People, peanuts, and candy.
(d) People, hairoil, and old carpet.

11. What do Estha and Rahel put in front of Velutha's hut the day they find the boat?
(a) A jar of pickles.
(b) Toy soldier.
(c) Communist flag.
(d) Bouquet of flowers.

12. Velutha is ____________.
(a) An Untouchable.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A priest.
(d) A scholar.

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

14. What does Ammu tell Estha and Rahel she will do to them if they ever embarrass her in public again like they did at the airport?
(a) Starve them.
(b) Lock them in a closet.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Send them away.

15. What is the name of the hotel where Rahel's family stays before going to the airport?
(a) Hotel Sea Queen.
(b) The Circle Princess.
(c) Cochin Inn.
(d) The Warm Moth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Margaret Kochamma's second husband?

2. Who does Rahel meet as she is walking along the river remembering her childhood?

3. What is Estha thinking about as he silently watches Rahel go through their childhood notebooks?

4. Where is Estha while Rahel waits to see him for the first time as an adult?

5. What does Mammachi do to welcome Sophie and Margaret into her home?

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