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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 long did Seetharamu have to recover at Ratnamma's house after he was released from prison in Chapter 16?
(a) A fortnight.
(b) 5 nights.
(c) A dozen nights.
(d) 5 days.

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?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Bombay.

3. What does Ramayya hope to pay back to Bhatta if there is a fine harvest in Chapter 12?
(a) 375 rupees.
(b) 350 rupees.
(c) 425 rupees.
(d) 300 rupees.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, who falls down unconscious after being made to sit and then being kicked in the back?

2. When the group goes to Boranna's toddy grove in Chapter 14, how many of them are there?

3. In the night in Chapter 10, at whose house is a lantern seen in the courtyard?

4. How many acres of wet land does the Swami receive from the government in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 16, what torture did Chandrayya tell of when he was released from prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why has Sankar never remarried?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Ramakrishnayya die?

9. What can be seen in Rangamma house in the night in Chpater 10?

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

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