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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Old Granny make her living?
(a) Harvesting wheat.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Selling goat's milk.
(d) Selling peanuts.

2. After learning that Nathan killed a cobra, Kali disagrees with his action. Why?
(a) Cobras are territorial and now many more will come to the garden.
(b) Cobras are good luck.
(c) Kali belives that killed cobras are reincarnated as evil people.
(d) Kali believes that cobras are sacred.

3. Whose child does Rukmani help birth?
(a) Kunthi's child.
(b) Janaki's child.
(c) Biswas's child.
(d) Kali's child.

4. After the villagers watch the construction workers for a while, what does the overseer do?
(a) Tells the villagers to go home.
(b) Invites them to work.
(c) Thanks the villagers for being so welcoming.
(d) Requests food and drink for his men.

5. How long is Rukmani away from the house while helping the woman in labor?
(a) Two days.
(b) Fifteen hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rukmani go into the village once or twice a week?

2. Why does Rukmani begin selling her vegetables to Biswas instead of to Old Granny?

3. What name do Rukmani and Nathan give to their son?

4. Why is Rukmani's mother upset with the choice of Nathan as Rukmani's husband?

5. Which of the women is thrilled that the village has gone from being a simple group of mud huts to a small town?

(see the answer key)

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