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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Murugan's wife?
(a) Janaki.
(b) Kambi.
(c) Kali.
(d) Ammu.

2. By saving four annas a day for their journey, how long do Rukmani and Nathan figure they will have to work before being able to make the journey back to their village?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Forty days.

3. Why does Kunthi come Rukmani's house during the drought?
(a) She demands some of Rukmani's rice.
(b) She is lonely and needs an old friend.
(c) She is afraid for her sons in Ceylon.
(d) She is selling some of her clothing for food.

4. Who does Rukmani actually find in the house?
(a) Janaki.
(b) Kunthi.
(c) Ira.
(d) Kali.

5. Chapter 13 opens by describing an unwelcome event at the farm. What is happening?
(a) The rains are not coming.
(b) The workers are striking.
(c) The children are rebelling.
(d) The neighbors are stealing.

6. When the doctor returns to the house, what do Rukmani and Nathan find surprising?
(a) The doctor is very young.
(b) The doctor cannot write.
(c) The doctor is very old.
(d) The doctor is a woman.

7. After leaving the Collector's house, where do Rukmani and Nathan go?
(a) To the doctor's house.
(b) To the temple.
(c) To the hotel.
(d) To their village.

8. In order to earn enough money to return to their village, Nathan and Rukmani continue to work in the city in spite of the rain that begins to fall. How many days in a row does it rain?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

9. When Rukmani reaches Nathan's village, who comes running to meet Rukmani?
(a) Sacrabani.
(b) Kunthi.
(c) Ira.
(d) Selvam.

10. Where do Rukmani and Nathan spend their first night in the city?
(a) In the temple.
(b) In the street.
(c) In their son's house.
(d) In a hotel.

11. When Rukmani and Nathan have almost earned enough money to return home, what does Rukmani buy from the vendor in celebration?
(a) Extra rice.
(b) Fried pancakes.
(c) Sugar whirls.
(d) Plantains.

12. In spite of the circumstances surrounding the birth of Ira's son, what ceremony does Nathan hold ten days after the child's birth?
(a) The baptismal ceremony.
(b) The circumcision ceremony.
(c) The naming ceremony.
(d) The Feast of Plenty ceremony.

13. When she finally earns enough money to return to Nathan's village, who accompanies Rukmani on her return?
(a) The temple priest.
(b) Ammu.
(c) Biswas.
(d) Puli.

14. How do Nathan and Rukmani raise the rent money they must pay?
(a) They sell some of their belongings.
(b) They go to work at the tannery.
(c) They sell the rest of the rice they were holding in reserves.
(d) They teach other villagers to read and write.

15. According to Kenny's plan, how long should it take to build the hospital?
(a) Twenty-seven months.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Nathan's sons has no skill for farming?

2. What does Rukmani talk Nathan out of selling?

3. Why has Kenny returned to the village?

4. Why does Kenny not help Rukmani when ask. him for food during the drought?

5. Nathan and Rukmani's guide tells them of a better way to earn money in the city. Where does he tell them to go?

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