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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. Who sells flowers for the Kenchamma worship in Chapter 15?

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

3. How many fingers into the earth does Gap-tooth Siddayya say the rains have sunk in Chapter 12?

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

5. In Chapter 11, what is Rani Lakshmi Bai riding in a picture Rangamma has on a veranda wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Sankar never remarried?

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

3. How do lights glow during Kartik?

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

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

6. What instructions does Moorthy give when the Don't-touch-the-Government campaign begins in Chpater 14?

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

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

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

10. How does Ramakrishnayya die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moorthy decides to fast for three days in the temple. Why does Moorthy decide to fast? How is meditation a part of his fasting? Does Moorthy accomplish what he wanted to achieve with his fast?

Essay Topic 2

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Ratna’s character arc, and what situations influence her growth and transformation?

Essay Topic 3

One of Gandhi’s tenets was to love your enemies. How and why does Moorthy attempt to follow the tenet to love your enemies? Is he successful in loving his enemies?

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