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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 Dukhi take a job grinding into powder to support his family?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Salt.
(c) Chilies.
(d) Corn.

2. What does Ibrahim demand of the tailoring business?
(a) That it be stopped.
(b) That they make him a new uniform.
(c) That they hire him.
(d) That they pay him ten percent.

3. What was Rustom's most prized possession?
(a) His sewing machine.
(b) His violin.
(c) His bicycle.
(d) His comb.

4. Om and Ishvar are traveling to apply for which position?
(a) A tailor.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A policeman.

5. What right does Narayan attempt to exercise when he is killed?
(a) The right to vote.
(b) The right to an attorney.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) The right to bear arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Om's love interest that he meets at the water tap?

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

3. What was Dina's father's occupation?

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

5. What occupation did Ishvar's father have while the family was living in the village?

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