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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 much salt did the Mahatma take after his ablutions in Chapter 13?
(a) 2 tablespoons.
(b) A cup.
(c) Handful.
(d) A pocket full.

2. What day of the week do Moorthy and the others go to picket the toddy shops in Chapter 15?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

3. Who is saved from rape in the Post office house in Chapter 17?
(a) Rangamma.
(b) Bhanumati.
(c) Nanjamma.
(d) Ratna.

4. How many children did Sankaru's wife leave him?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. In Chapter 15, who falls down unconscious after being made to sit and then being kicked in the back?
(a) Nanjamma.
(b) Moorthy.
(c) Ratna.
(d) Rangamma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During what month do men plough the fields of Kanthapura?

3. How much time does Rhaman Khan get in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 13, what type of seed does Moorthy compare the villagers to?

5. In a song, what type of milk is toddy milk in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who pickets and where in Chapter 16?

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

7. Why has Sankar never remarried?

8. How does Ramakrishnayya die?

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

10. In Chapter 10, why does Sankar asks Rangamma to stay with him in Karwar?

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