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

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

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

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

5. How many acres of wet land does the Swami receive from the government in Chapter 10?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 2,400.
(d) 1,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, whose house does Ratna report is on fire?

2. In Chapter 13, what mountains are born on the snows of high Kailas?

3. How many months pregnant is Radhamma when her husband beats her in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 12, how old are Subbe Gowda's bulls?

5. In Chapter 13, at what time and day of the week is the Mahatma to go out to the sea and manufacture salt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who explains the Vedantic texts and discusses philosophy with the villagers in Chapter 11?

2. What happens in Chapter 14 when the villagers picket Boranna's toddy grove?

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

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

5. What does Snakar say about the charges against Moorthy in Chapter 10?

6. What does Venkamma do when she learns when Moorthy will return in Chapter 12 and why do the village women have to attend?

7. In Chapter 12, what does Ramayya promise the Sun God?

8. Who decides when the villagers will begin plowing and how in Chapter 12?

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

10. Who pickets and where in Chapter 16?

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