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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What slides into Estha that day at the police station?

3. What are the names of the two sons in the joke Chacko tells Margaret the morning he meets her at the cafe?

4. Ammu listens to music on her_____________.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the twins consider how much they are loved, whom they love, and who loves them? What are the roots of this deep-seeded need and how is it shown throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What pivotal role does Baby Kochamma play in destroying four lives in order to save the family name?

Essay Topic 3

What are the Small Things? How are they in contrast to Big Things? Why is Velutha the God of Small Things?

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