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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 17, Nathan and Rukmani harvest their crop. What kind of harvest do they have?
(a) The harvest is mostly destroyed by another monsoon.
(b) The harvest is meager.
(c) The harvest is enough to pay their rent, but with nothing left over.
(d) The harvest is more than enough to pay what they owe.

2. Before identifying the intruder in her house, what does Rukmani do?
(a) Wakes Nathan up.
(b) Fights with the intruder.
(c) Shoots the intruder.
(d) Slips out of the house until the intruder leaves.

3. Why does Kenny not help Rukmani when ask. him for food during the drought?
(a) He does not have enough food for himself.
(b) He does not want to share his resources with her.
(c) He is helping feed the tannery workers.
(d) He is not in the village.

4. What does Rukmani tell her family regarding Puli?
(a) He was kind to them in the city.
(b) He will be returning to the city.
(c) They adopted him before Nathan's death.
(d) He will be given in marriage to Kunthi's daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rukmani talk Nathan out of selling?

2. On their first night in the city, what happens while Rukmani and Nathan are eating their dinner?

3. During which season is Ira's child born?

4. During the same visit with Kenny at his house, what news does Rukmani share with Kenny?

5. When Rukmani learns that her son has been killed, what does she also learn he has been accused of?

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