What town is the primary setting for the novel?
A) Cochin.
B) Ayemenem.
C) New Delhi.
D) Kottayam.
ANSWER:B
2. What is notable about Roy's diction in the novel's opening?
A) It is incorrect grammatically.
B) It is subtly religious.
C) It makes words shorter than they need be.
D) It is overtly sensuous.
ANSWER: D
3. What is our first impression of the natural world in the novel?
A) It is completely absent.
B) It is sexual and rebellious.
C) It is effectively hemmed in by society.
D) It is quiet and fades away.
ANSWER: B
4. What kind of twins are Estha and Rahel?
A) Siamese.
B) Identical.
C) Fraternal.
D) Spiritual.
ANSWER: C
5. What is unique about Rahel's and Estha's relationship as children?
A) They are separated until the age of seven.
B) Rahel is the favorite child, while Estha is shunned.
C) Rahel can read into Estha's thoughts and experiences.
D) They ally with one another against Baby Kochamma.
ANSWER: C
6. What incident serves as the focal point for the rest of the story?
A) Sophie Mol's death.
B) Rahel's return to Ayemenem.
C) Chacko's divorce.
D) Estha's leaving Ayemenem.
ANSWER: A
7. How many years have elapsed since Rahel and Estha last saw each other?
A) None.
B) Twenty-three.
C) Seven.
D) Thirty-one.
ANSWER: B
8. What is unique about the ceiling of the cathedral where Sophie's funeral is held?
A) It is painted in detail to look like a clear sky.
B) It is treacherous.
C) It is covered with baby bats.
D) It is a replication of the Sistine Chapel.
ANSWER: A
9. According to Rahel, what is special about Sophie Mol at her funeral?
A) She is wearing Rahel's best holiday clothes.
B) Her body is bloated from being drowned.
C) She is still alive.
D) She looks English instead of Indian.
ANSWER: C
10. What did Ammu tell the police officer?
A) That there had been a terrible mistake.
B) That Babu beat her.
C) That Rahel and Estha needed a new guardian.
D) That Sophie Mol was buried alive.
ANSWER: A
11. What did Estha learn to do from a young age?
A) Coerce adults into fulfulling his desires.
B) Go through life unnoticed.
C) Make love to a woman.
D) Read his sister's thoughts.
ANSWER: B
12. What does Estha stop doing as a child?
A) Washing his clothing.
B) Walking alone.
C) Talking.
D) Loving Ammu.
ANSWER: C
13. What effect does Rahel's arrival in Ayemenem have on Estha?
A) It makes the noise of the world infiltrate his mind.
B) It makes him suddenly remember being molested.
C) It makes him want to run away again.
D) None of the above.
ANSWER: A
14. What did Rahel study in college?
A) Ornamental Gardening.
B) Writing.
C) Communism.
D) Architecture.
ANSWER: D
15. Why did Rahel and Larry McCaslin get divorced?
A) Because of a sense of disconnection.
B) Because Rahel cheated on Larry.
C) Because Larry cheated on Rahel.
D) Because Rahel wanted to return to India.
ANSWER: A
16. What did Baby Kochamma study in college?
A) Communism.
B) Architecture.
C) Designing.
D) Ornamental Gardening.
ANSWER: D
17. Who was Father Mulligan?
A) A priest who worked with Baby Kochamma's father.
B) The patriarch of the Syrian Christian Church.
C) A golf instructor at a nearby resort.
D) Baby Kochamma's young uncle.
ANSWER: A
18. To what length did Baby Kochamma go to impress Father Mulligan?
A) She swore to convert to Christianity.
B) She joined the Communist Party.
C) She fasted for thirty days.
D) She joined a convent.
ANSWER: D
19. How does the twins' return to Ayemenem make Baby Kochamma feel?
A) Thrown off guard.
B) Anxious.
C) Relieved.
D) Excited.
ANSWER: B
20. What is Baby Kochamma's relationship to the twins?
A) Baby grandaunt.
B) Close family friend.
C) Baby aunt.
D) Cousin.
ANSWER: A
21. Who runs Paradise Pickles & Preserves at the present time?
A) Mammachi.
B) Chacko.
C) Pappachi.
D) Comrade Pillai.
ANSWER: B
22. According to Rahel, what event in the family's history began its strangeness?
A) Estha's molestation.
B) Sophie Mol's death.
C) Estha's being sent to live with Babu.
D) Pappachi's death.
ANSWER: B
23. What do Baby Kochamma and Kochu Maria have in common?
A) They both live sedentary lives and watch television.
B) They both hate the twins.
C) They are both Mammachi's daughters.
D) They have both stolen jewels from the family safe.
ANSWER: A
24. What did Estha say when he looked into the face of a "young man with an old man's
mouth?"
A) "Yes."
B) "Please."
C) "Kerala."
D) "No."
ANSWER: A
