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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, if there is violence during the movement, how long will they stop and do penance and prayer?

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

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

4. When do the policemn walk away through the main street in Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why has Sankar never remarried?

5. What happened to Seetharamu in prison?

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

7. Who pickets and where in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The people of Kanthapura are dependent upon nature. How are the people of Kanthapura dependent upon nature? How and why is nature tied to their religion?

Essay Topic 2

Moorthy is arrested in Chapter 10. What brutality does Moorthy experience as the police arrest him? How is police brutality commonly used to subdue resisters like Moorthy?

Essay Topic 3

Satyagraha is a type of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance promoted by the Mahatama. How is non-violence used in the resistance against the British? Why is it so important that resistance be non-violent?

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