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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how many women from Bombay went on a pilgrimage?
(a) 225,000.
(b) 185,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 175,000.

2. How much do travelers pay in Chapter 4 to ride in the carts?
(a) 6 or 10-anna bit.
(b) 5 or 7-anna bit.
(c) 4 or 8-anna bit.
(d) 3 or 5-anna bit.

3. How much does Rachanna say he is owed when he is driven off Skeffington Coffee Estate?
(a) 81 rupees.
(b) 76 rupees.
(c) 70 rupees.
(d) 94 rupees.

4. How many fingers into the earth does Gap-tooth Siddayya say the rains have sunk in Chapter 12?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. After the old sahib dies at the Skeffington Coffee Estate in Chapter 5, who takes over?
(a) Son.
(b) Nephew.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what language are the modern Indian languages derived?

2. After Narsamma yells at Moorthy and spits at a Pariah in Chapter 4, what does she do?

3. Who sells flowers for the Kenchamma worship in Chapter 15?

4. In Chapter 7, the three times that Moorthy says his gayatri, how many times does he say it each time?

5. In Belur, how often can the Pariahs enter the temple?

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