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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what is the name of the revenue collector who takes bribes, beats, his wife, and sends his servants to beat the people?
(a) Murugan.
(b) Dinesh.
(c) Raghavayya.
(d) Aravind.

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

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

4. 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) Once a week.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Daily.

5. In Chapter 14, how many women are abandoned in the jungle and follow Rangamma?
(a) 29.
(b) 18.
(c) 26.
(d) 22.

6. What is the name of Rahman Khan's mistress that Subba Chetty takes in Chapter 10?
(a) Dasi.
(b) Oishi.
(c) Mayra.
(d) Tamanna.

7. In Chapter 11, who is Rangamma's guru?
(a) Sadhu Narayan.
(b) Narayan Seva.
(c) Sadhu Seva.
(d) Sant Narayan.

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

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

10. What festival is being held in Chapter 10?
(a) Navaratri.
(b) Holi.
(c) Diwali.
(d) Kartik.

11. How many men are arrested and marched to the Santur police station in Chapter 10?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 17.
(d) 11.

12. In Chapter 16, how many toddy shops closed in Kanthapura hobli?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 24.
(d) 18.

13. In Chapter 17, whose house does Ratna report is on fire?
(a) Bhatta's.
(b) Moorthy's.
(c) Achakka's.
(d) Rangamma's.

14. What day of the week do Moorthy and the others go to picket the toddy shops in Chapter 15?
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

15. In Chapter 12, how old are Subbe Gowda's bulls?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, how many days of fever did Seetharamu have when he was in prison?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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