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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 Rukmani address Nathan?
(a) She calls him "Nathan."
(b) She calls him "Sir."
(c) She calls him "Husband."
(d) She calls him "Master."

2. Why do the village women think Kunthi is quieter and more reserved than the rest of the women?
(a) Kunthi doesn't approve of the other women.
(b) Kunthi misses her family.
(c) Kunthi is ashamed of her husband.
(d) Kunthi married beneath her.

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

4. Why does Rukmani go into the village once or twice a week?
(a) To shop.
(b) To meet the other women.
(c) To sell their rice.
(d) To work.

5. As a result of the new company moving into the village, which of the women now has a plan for her sons, as she realizes that the land cannot support all the men farming?
(a) Janaki.
(b) Ira.
(c) Kali.
(d) Rukmani.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Rukmani's parents arrange her marriage to Nathan?

2. After the villagers watch the construction workers for a while, what does the overseer do?

3. What does Rukmani find while tending her small garden?

4. Whose child does Rukmani help birth?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what news does Arjun bring to the family?

(see the answer key)

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