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

2. How do the villagers in Kanthapura learn that the Mahatma has been arrested in Chapter 14?
(a) Messenger on the bus.
(b) Messenger on a cart.
(c) Messenger on a bicycle.
(d) Messenger in a car.

3. How many children has Venkamma had?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

4. How much time does Rhaman Khan get in Chapter 10?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 36 months.

5. In Chapter 12, what do the villagers ask Kenchamma to send?
(a) Rain for 5 days, dry weather for 3 days, and a soft rain.
(b) Rain for 1 day, dry weather for 2 days, and a soft rain.
(c) Rain for 3 days, dry weather for 2 days, and a soft rain.
(d) Rain for 4 days, dry weather for 2 days, and a soft rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fingers into the earth does Gap-tooth Siddayya say the rains have sunk in Chapter 12?

2. 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?

3. After the Mahatma is arrested, when is a "Don't Touch-the-Government campaign be held in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 10, where does Bhatta go on pilgrimage after the harvest?

5. In Chapter 15, how many coolies come to live in Kanthapura?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, where do the villagers wake after being beaten and what do they do?

2. How does Moorthy return to Kanthapura?

3. How are the women locked in the temple and how do they escape?

4. In Chapter 13, what pilgrimage does the Mahatma make?

5. Who pickets and where in Chapter 16?

6. What drill does Rnagamma have the sisters practice to be ready to fight for the Mahatma?

7. How does Sankar take the cases he advocates for?

8. In Chapter 15, how do the villagers prepared to picket the toddy shops?

9. In Chapter 10, what happens when Moorthy is arrested?

10. How are the coolies that moved to Kanthapura dragged back to the Skeffington Coffee Estate in Chapter 17?

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