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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the village doctor's name?
(a) Archibold.
(b) Kennington.
(c) Indira.
(d) Biswas.

2. After the villagers watch the construction workers for a while, what does the overseer do?
(a) Invites them to work.
(b) Requests food and drink for his men.
(c) Thanks the villagers for being so welcoming.
(d) Tells the villagers to go home.

3. When Rukmani complains to the other women about the village's expansion and its resulting noise, Kunthi insults her. What does Kunthi call Rukmani?
(a) A backward child.
(b) A scared little girl.
(c) A village girl.
(d) An ignorant woman.

4. Rukmani is keeping a secret from her husband. What is her secret?
(a) She lost a child before their son was born.
(b) She is seeing Kenny for fertility treatments.
(c) She is working in the village to earn extra money.
(d) She is seeing Kenny romantically.

5. What does Rukmani find while tending her small garden?
(a) A rat.
(b) A spider.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A cobra.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the villagers learn that Rukmani can write, there are mixed reactions. Which one of the villagers marvels at Rukmani's writing skill?

2. What do Rukmani and her mother do whenever Rukmani travels back to her childhood home?

3. After her mother dies, the doctor asks Rukmani what is wrong. What does Rukmani reveal to the doctor?

4. What do Nathan and Rukmani name their daughter?

5. Rukmani and two other women take turns helping Kunthi. Why?

(see the answer key)

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