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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. What is Narsamma doing when Moorthy returns in Chapter 4?
(a) Sitting on the threshold of her house.
(b) Washing clothes.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Fixing food.

2. Who is the only one who wants nothing to do with Ghandi in Chapter 3?
(a) Seethamma.
(b) Ghima.
(c) Bhatta.
(d) Chenna.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Rangamma bring Moorthy?
(a) Water.
(b) Mango
(c) Bananas.
(d) Lychee.

4. In Chapter 6, by which tin shed do villagers gather to see Moorthy?
(a) Vasudev's.
(b) Vaidyanna's.
(c) Chennayya's.
(d) Sampanna's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who does Range Gowda say slipped through the night and took all the canal water?

2. How much are men and women offered to work on the Skeffington Coffee Estate?

3. In Chapter 2, which daughter of Waterfall Venkama is it said that Moorthy refused as a bridge?

4. Where are Narsamma's ashes thrown?

5. How many additional prostrations does Rana say she will make before the gods in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Kanthapura located?

2. What does Waterfall Venkamma do and say when she sees Moorthy fasting in the temple?

3. What conversation do Bade Khan and Moorthy have about Moorthy speaking to coolies on the Skeffington Coffee Estate in Chapter 6?

4. What arrive on the carts in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 5, what happens when Seetharam refuses to send his daughter to have sex with the sahib?

6. Why does Moorthy tell Range Gowda he should not hate his enemies?

7. How and why does Moorthy decide to fast in Chapter 7?

8. What happens to Narsamma at the end of Chapter 4 and why?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what luck does Bade Khan have in finding a house?

10. What does Moorthy tell Range Gowda they should do in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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