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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, where does Bhatta go on pilgrimage after the harvest?
(a) Varanasi.
(b) Gangotri.
(c) Kashi.
(d) Puri.

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

3. Where are the Mahatma and his followers going to manufacture salt in Chapter 13?
(a) Gokarna.
(b) Dandi.
(c) Thottada.
(d) Kannur.

4. In Chapter 13, at what time and day of the week is the Mahatma to go out to the sea and manufacture salt?
(a) Thursday at 4 p.m.
(b) Wednesday at 10 a.m.
(c) Tuesday at 5 a.m.
(d) Monday at 5 p.m.

5. How often does Moorthy receive reports from the Congress committee from the city regarding the Mahatma's pilgrimage in Chapter 13?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Daily.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Once a week.

6. In Chapter 16, what torture did Chandrayya tell of when he was released from prison?
(a) Knuckle beatings and back canings.
(b) Electric prods.
(c) Whippings.
(d) Kicks and beatings.

7. Who is saved from rape in the Post office house in Chapter 17?
(a) Ratna.
(b) Rangamma.
(c) Bhanumati.
(d) Nanjamma.

8. How many people follow Moorthy in Chapter 15?
(a) 81.
(b) 64.
(c) 98.
(d) 77.

9. How many months pregnant is Radhamma when her husband beats her in Chapter 11?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

10. How old was Sankaru when he lost his wife?
(a) 24.
(b) 22.
(c) 26.
(d) 27.

11. When is it decided to begin the fight in Chapter 14?
(a) Thursday the 16th.
(b) Friday the 17th.
(c) Saturday the 18th.
(d) Wednesday the 15th.

12. 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.

13. In the night in Chapter 10, at whose house is a lantern seen in the courtyard?
(a) Venkamma's.
(b) Venkateshia's.
(c) Ratnamma's.
(d) Suryanarayana's.

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

15. What does Ramayya hope to pay back to Bhatta if there is a fine harvest in Chapter 12?
(a) 350 rupees.
(b) 375 rupees.
(c) 425 rupees.
(d) 300 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rangappa break and offer to the bulls in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 10, how many yards of yarn does Sankar spijn every morning?

3. What is celebrated at Kartik?

4. In Chapter 17 when the coolies are marched back to the Skeffington Coffee Estate, how many policemen are there for every coolie?

5. In Chapter 17, how many months along in her pregnancy is Radhamma?

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