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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the terms of a loan of ten rupees to Rampur Mada in Chapter 3?
(a) 5% interest payable in 1 month.
(b) 7% interest payable in 4 months.
(c) 4% interest payable in 3 months.
(d) 6% interest payable in 2 months.

2. What time does Bhatta go to Pandit Venkateshia's house in Chapter 3?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) Before 11 a.m.
(c) Before 10 a.m.
(d) 10:30 a.m.

3. In Chapter 3, how does Savithramma die?
(a) Drowns.
(b) Falls down stairs.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) Falls at the well.

4. How many verses does the Mahabharata have?
(a) 214,778.
(b) 98,131.
(c) 48,000.
(d) 186,384.

5. In Chapter 2, when did the price of rice drop?
(a) 2 years ago.
(b) 3 years ago.
(c) 10 months ago.
(d) 6 months ago.

6. How much money is sent to the provisional Congress committee in Chapter 8?
(a) 10 rupees and 20 annas.
(b) 5 rupees and 12 annas.
(c) 6 rupees and 14 annas.
(d) 8 rupees and 17 annas.

7. What date did Rao write the forward?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1937.

8. In Chapter 5, how long does it rain?
(a) 3 nights and 4 days.
(b) 4 nights and 5 days.
(c) 2 nights and 3 days.
(d) 5 nights and 4 days.

9. How long after Barber Channav died did his wife give brith to a child?
(a) 5 months and 3 days.
(b) 4 months and 2 days.
(c) 10 months and 4 days.
(d) 9 months and 29 days.

10. In Chapter 8, who does Range Gowda say slipped through the night and took all the canal water?
(a) Lingayya.
(b) Puttayya.
(c) Dore.
(d) Sankar.

11. In Chapter 4, what does Moorthy carry when he disembarks from a cart in Chapter 4?
(a) Shoes and books.
(b) Musical instrument and books.
(c) Cloth and books.
(d) Food and books.

12. What type of paper does Rangamma have that shows a picture of Moorthy?
(a) White.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Journal.
(d) Blue.

13. What did the demon want that Kenchamma killed?
(a) Young sons as food and young women as wives.
(b) Young men for slaves.
(c) Children for slaves.
(d) Gold and jewels.

14. After Narsamma yells at Moorthy and spits at a Pariah in Chapter 4, what does she do?
(a) Washes clothes and bathes.
(b) Takes a nap.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Visits Rangamma.

15. In Chapter 3, who is First Brahmin?
(a) Bhatta.
(b) Ramanna.
(c) Rangamma.
(d) Narsamma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who tells Moorthy he cannot speak to the coolies?

2. In Chapter 6, who gives Rachanna a place in his backyard?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Range Gowda tell Moorthy that Bhatta said they would eat?

4. In Chapter 3, why does Bhatta go to Pandit Venkateshia's house?

5. After the old sahib dies at the Skeffington Coffee Estate in Chapter 5, who takes over?

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