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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many verses does the Mahabharata have?
(a) 48,000.
(b) 214,778.
(c) 98,131.
(d) 186,384.
2. In Chapter 3, why does Bhatta go to Pandit Venkateshia's house?
(a) Anniversary of his grandmother's death.
(b) Anniversary of his father's death.
(c) Anniversary of his mother's death.
(d) Anniversary of his grandfather's death.
3. How old is Narsamma, Moorthy's mother, in Chapter 3?
(a) 61.
(b) About 60.
(c) Nearly 65.
(d) 59.
4. What is Rachanna doing when Moorthy sees him by the veranda in Chapter 8?
(a) Sharpening scissors.
(b) Sharpening his sickle.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.
5. To what mountains with travelers on the carts go after a stop in Kanthapura?
(a) Zanskar or Purvanchal ranges.
(b) Sampur and Pappur mountains.
(c) Great or Middle Himalaya ranges.
(d) Karakoram or Ladakh ranges.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the maistri in Chapter 5?
2. In Chapter 4, over what mountain does the day dawn?
3. After the old sahib dies at the Skeffington Coffee Estate in Chapter 5, who takes over?
4. What date did Rao write the forward?
5. In Chapter 6, what can be heard from the Bebbur jungle?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Bade Khan go looking for a house after he speaks to the Patel, and what luck does he have?
2. In Chapter 6, who walks past Vasudev's courtyard and down the hill toward the gate?
3. What happens to Narsamma at the end of Chapter 4 and why?
4. Who is the goddess worshipped in Kanthapura?
5. How and why does Moorthy decide to fast in Chapter 7?
6. What is Moorthy's response when Waterfall Venkamma mocks him and squeezes water on his head when he is fasting in the temple?
7. What are Bhatta's thoughts when he learns about the creation of the Congress in Chapter 9?
8. Why is Narsamma upset at the end of Chapter 3?
9. Who does Bhatta decide that Waterfall Venkamma's daughter should marry?
10. In Chapter 6 what happens to Rachanna?
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