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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rachanna doing when Moorthy sees him by the veranda in Chapter 8?
(a) Sharpening scissors.
(b) Reading.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sharpening his sickle.

2. In Chapter 4, over what mountain does the day dawn?
(a) Blue.
(b) Cardamon.
(c) Anaimalai.
(d) Palnai.

3. In Chapter 10, when did Sankar remember that many went to prison and never used the services of an advocate?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1924.

4. What does Waterfall Venkamma squeeze out on Moorthy's head in Chapter 7?
(a) Kaupina.
(b) Achkan.
(c) Sari.
(d) Langota.

5. To what mountains with travelers on the carts go after a stop in Kanthapura?
(a) Karakoram or Ladakh ranges.
(b) Zanskar or Purvanchal ranges.
(c) Sampur and Pappur mountains.
(d) Great or Middle Himalaya ranges.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who is First Brahmin?

2. How many children did Sankaru's wife leave him?

3. In Chapter 8, how many yards of yarn a day does Moorthy want the Pariah women to spin?

4. Who explained the Vedantic texts and philosophy to the people of Kanthapura before he died in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 8, how many are on the Congress panchayat committee of Kanthapuraf?

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