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One Part Woman Quiz

Perumal Murugan

This Study Guide consists of approximately 44 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of One Part Woman.

One Part Woman by Perumal Murugan

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One Part Woman Quiz

Perumal Murugan

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why is Ponna suddenly reminded of Kali while at the festival? (from Chapters 29-34)

Because she sees his mother in the crowd.

Because a man touches her the way Kali does, lovingly.

Because she realizes none of the men at the festival are as good as Kali.

Because a man touches her the way Kali does, without desire.

2.

Why was Uncle Nallayyan condemned by the community? (from Chapters 15-21)

Because he stole Kali's livestock and shaved off his topknot.

Because he stole his brother's inheritance after his father died.

Because he grew out his hair and sleeps with married women.

Because he is unmarried and shaved off his topknot.

3.

In Kali's memory of Ponna's despair in Chapter 34, what does Ponna demand he do? (from Chapters 29-34)

To go somewhere and get her a child.

To allow her to go to the festival so she can have a child.

To marry another woman so he can finally have a child.

To steal Mandayan's child on her behalf.

4.

According to the men in his community, how must one prove himself a real man? (from Chapters 8-14)

By attending the eighteenth day of the festival as a god.

By inducing morning sickness in his wife within the first year of marriage.

By inducing morning sickness in his wife within the second month of marriage.

By allowing his wife to go to the eighteenth day of the festival.

5.

Why do Mandayan and Katthayi live largely in seclusion? (from Chapters 22-28)

Because the community has ostracized them for their inability to conceive.

Because they refuse to marry or have children, and the village has shunned them.

Because a woman spread a rumor about Katthayi sleeping with a married man.

Because they do not believe in the same deities as the rest of the community.

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