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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To save himself from being fired, the twins' father offers for Ammu to do what?
(a) Become a prostitute.
(b) Move to America.
(c) Go to work in the pickle factory.
(d) Become his boss's mistress.

4. What part of Estha does Rahel reach out and touch even though he has not even acknowledged her being in the house?
(a) His earlobe.
(b) His shoulder.
(c) His hand.
(d) His cheek.

5. What does Rahel remember the children dressed up in to play with Velutha?
(a) Saris.
(b) Silly hats.
(c) Hobo clothes.
(d) Wedding gowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Baby Kochamma tells Rahel and Estha as they wait for the plane to arrive that they are what?

2. As Rahel gets reacquainted with her childhood home, she sees that the History House is now what?

3. What are the scars from on Mammachi's head?

4. Who is Kochu Maria?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rahel refer to the visit of Sophie Mol as the Play?

2. What is Chacko and Margaret's story?

3. Why does Estha go to the lobby by himself while the family is watching The Sound of Music at the Theater?

4. Describe how the twins and Sophie play with Velutha.

5. What does Rahel remember about her mother's death?

6. Why does Chacko have trouble sleeping at the hotel the night before Sophie and Margaret Kochamma's arrival in India?

7. What happens after Rahel and Estha see the Kathakali?

8. How does the incident with the soft drink vendor affect Estha?

9. What happened to the pickle factory in the years after the tragedy?

10. What does Kochu Maria do when she first greets Sophie Mol?

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