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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Small Obstacles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rajaram encourage Om and Ishvar to apply for?
(a) Ration cards.
(b) Social Security.
(c) Bank accounts.
(d) Unemployment.

2. Who lines the street of the village as the train is passing?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Students.
(d) Beggars.

3. Who is Ibrahim?
(a) A politician.
(b) The landlord.
(c) The building's janitor.
(d) A police officer.

4. What message does the new prime minister preach?
(a) Military sacrifice.
(b) High taxes.
(c) Civil service.
(d) Hard work.

5. How is Rustom killed?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is in a building that explodes.
(d) He is hit by a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Om stop to purchase after he realizes he has sat on his old one?

2. What seems to be an epidemic in the setting of this novel?

3. How much money do the men lend to Rajaram?

4. What is Rustom going to purchase when he is killed?

5. After five years of sewing, what part of Dina's body begins to fail?

(see the answer key)

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