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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Velutha usually wear?
(a) The sign of the Untouchable.
(b) A factory apron.
(c) A turban.
(d) A white mundu.

2. Who comes to the veranda of the History House, waking the twins?
(a) Kottayam Police.
(b) Cochin Guard.
(c) Ammu.
(d) Baby Ayemenem.

3. What color does Estha notice everything on the train is?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

4. What does Inspector Thomas give the twins to drink while he questions them at the police station?
(a) Lemondrink.
(b) Tea.
(c) Water.
(d) Coca-Cola.

5. What does the father in the joke Chacko tells Margaret the morning he meets her at the cafe give to one of his son's as a birthday present?
(a) A horse.
(b) A boat.
(c) A car.
(d) Horse dung.

6. What does Comrade Pillia make for the pickle factory?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Doors.
(c) Labels.
(d) Jars.

7. What does Ammu tell Estha he has to be sure to hold onto during their last conversation?
(a) His train ticket.
(b) Her promises.
(c) Her love.
(d) His father's hand.

8. How does Velutha feel as he goes to the sleep the night that Sophie Mol drowns?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

9. What slides into Estha that day at the police station?
(a) Terror.
(b) Desire.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Silence.

10. Where do Rahel and Estha go after they search for Sophie by the river?
(a) The pickle factory.
(b) Velutha's hut.
(c) The History House.
(d) Home.

11. Ammu worries about ____________, which is supposed to run in the family.
(a) Madness.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

12. How many steps lead from Velutha's hut down to the river?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirteen.

13. Who does Rahel decide is being beaten on the veranda of the History House instead of Velutha?
(a) Chacko.
(b) His twin brother.
(c) Estha.
(d) His father.

14. What is the Heart of Darkness?
(a) The river.
(b) Ayemenem.
(c) Rahel's childhood home.
(d) The History House.

15. What do the twins think Velutha's blood smells like as it comes to them on a breeze on the veranda of the History House?
(a) Pickles.
(b) Old roses.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rahel do as the train Estha rides pulls out of the station?

2. When Margaret is a waitress at a London cafe, what does she watch Chacko put into his coffee?

3. What is the name of the river that plays such an integral part in the novel?

4. Who is pleased to know that Rahel still enjoys the kathakali?

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

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