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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Velutha usually wear?

2. How many steps lead from Velutha's hut down to the river?

3. The kathakali performance Rahel watches is about what story?

4. What is Velutha doing the night that Sophie Mol drowns?

5. What does Rahel think the temple of Kochu Thomban smells like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does this last statement in the kathakali play illuminate?: "The twins--Nakula and Sahadeva--will go untouched. But Aruna--him I will make no promises about. I will kill him, or he will kill me. One of us will die."

Essay Topic 2

What role do moths play in the novel, both in a literal sense and as imagery?

Essay Topic 3

What role do homecomings play in the novel? Are they positive or negative?

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