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

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

3. In Chapter 13, what type of seed does Moorthy compare the villagers to?
(a) Chia.
(b) Mustard.
(c) Sesame.
(d) Flax.

4. How old was Sankaru when he lost his wife?
(a) 24.
(b) 26.
(c) 27.
(d) 22.

5. How many fingers into the earth does Gap-tooth Siddayya say the rains have sunk in Chapter 12?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rahman Khan's mistress that Subba Chetty takes in Chapter 10?

2. How do the villagers in Kanthapura learn that the Mahatma has been arrested in Chapter 14?

3. In Chapter 15, what is the name of the revenue collector who takes bribes, beats, his wife, and sends his servants to beat the people?

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

5. What does Rangappa break and offer to the bulls in Chapter 12?

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 Snakar say about the charges against Moorthy in Chapter 10?

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

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

5. When Chandrayya is released from prison, what does he tell about what he endured there?

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

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

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

9. How does Ramakrishnayya die?

10. Why has Sankar never remarried?

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