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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much salt did the Mahatma take after his ablutions in Chapter 13?
(a) Handful.
(b) A cup.
(c) 2 tablespoons.
(d) A pocket full.

2. In Chapter 16, at what time do the people in Bombay and Lahore gather to sing through the streets?
(a) Mid-afternoon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Noon.

3. In Chapter 10, where do men gather in the night when the policeman is seen?
(a) Venkamma's yard.
(b) The temple.
(c) Post office couryard.
(d) The street.

4. In Chapter 13, what mountains are born on the snows of high Kailas?
(a) Purvanchal.
(b) Himalayas.
(c) Ganges.
(d) Karakoram.

5. Who explained the Vedantic texts and philosophy to the people of Kanthapura before he died in Chapter 10?
(a) Seenu.
(b) Ramakrishnayya.
(c) Sankaru.
(d) Suryanarayana.

6. How many children did Sankaru's wife leave him?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

7. Who vehemently protests the arrest of Moorthy even when the police attack in Chapter 10?
(a) Suryanarayana.
(b) Rachanna.
(c) Ramakrishnayya.
(d) Seenu.

8. 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.

9. How many are taken to prison at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

10. In Chapter 10, what day of the week would Seenue sometimes go to Karwar on a cart?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

11. When the women are locked in the temple in Chapter 17, where are the women from that Ratna says were beaten and would not move until their brothers were freed and how they stopped carts, cars, and trains?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Bombay.
(d) Mumbai.

12. What was the city boy who was force fed and caned in Chapter 16?
(a) Pariah.
(b) Potter.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Brahmin.

13. How old is Rangamma in Chapter 10?
(a) 42.
(b) 36.
(c) Not quite 30.
(d) Nearing 40.

14. In a song, what type of milk is toddy milk in Chapter 16?
(a) Cockroach.
(b) Bat milk.
(c) Pig milk.
(d) Scorpion.

15. In Chapter 15 when the gate to the Skeffington Coffee Estate first opens, who stands there?
(a) The sahib.
(b) A police officer.
(c) The Maistri.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What festival is being held in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 10, how many months of imprisonment do the Red-man's judges give Moorthy?

3. In Chapter 10, what does Venkataramayya give children when he ran the shop for Dasappa when Dasappa was ill?

4. When do the policemn walk away through the main street in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 11, who is Rangamma's guru?

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