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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they leave the village, who are Rukmani and Nathan planning to live with?
(a) Arjun.
(b) Murugan.
(c) Kenny.
(d) Thambi.

2. Where do Rukmani and Nathan go after leaving the doctor's house?
(a) To their village.
(b) To the market.
(c) To the temple.
(d) To the Collector's house.

3. What does Rukmani talk Nathan out of selling?
(a) Their bullocks.
(b) Their pots and pans.
(c) Their wedding clothes.
(d) The next season's seed.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 17, Nathan and Rukmani harvest their crop. What kind of harvest do they have?
(a) The harvest is enough to pay their rent, but with nothing left over.
(b) The harvest is mostly destroyed by another monsoon.
(c) The harvest is meager.
(d) The harvest is more than enough to pay what they owe.

5. When Rukmani goes into the village to sell her vegetables, what does Biswas tell Rukmani?
(a) That Kenny has returned.
(b) That he owes her money.
(c) That she owes him money.
(d) That her sons are returning from Ceylon.

6. According to Kenny's plan, how long should it take to build the hospital?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Twenty-seven months.

7. Which of Rukmani's sons marries of his own accord?
(a) Kuti.
(b) Thambi.
(c) Arjun.
(d) Murugan.

8. Shortly after Sacrabani's birth, something happens to Nathan for the first time. What is it?
(a) Nathan quits farming.
(b) Nathan works at the tannery.
(c) Nathan leaves Rukmani.
(d) Nathan falls ill.

9. When the doctor returns to the house, what do Rukmani and Nathan find surprising?
(a) The doctor cannot write.
(b) The doctor is very young.
(c) The doctor is very old.
(d) The doctor is a woman.

10. Who comes to the farm to collect the rent?
(a) Janaki.
(b) Sivaji.
(c) Kunthi.
(d) Biswas.

11. In celebration of almost having enough money to return to the village, what does Rukmani buy in the city for both Puli and for her grandson?
(a) Fried potatoes.
(b) New shirts.
(c) New blocks.
(d) Dum-dum carts.

12. After Rukmani turns in her stones and has been paid, she notices a group of people on the side of the road. Why have the people stopped?
(a) Nathan has fallen.
(b) A cart is stuck in the mud.
(c) The rocks have slid into the road.
(d) The road has given way.

13. How does Rukmani first earn money when she and Nathan are in the city?
(a) Begging.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Writing letters.
(d) Cleaning homes.

14. Why does Kenny not help Rukmani when ask. him for food during the drought?
(a) He does not have enough food for himself.
(b) He is not in the village.
(c) He does not want to share his resources with her.
(d) He is helping feed the tannery workers.

15. Who does Rukmani try to sell her clothing to in order to raise enough money for rent?
(a) Biswas.
(b) Sivaji.
(c) Kunthi.
(d) Kali.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 13 opens by describing an unwelcome event at the farm. What is happening?

2. When the tannery officials are visiting Rukmani, what do they accuse her sons of being?

3. Which of Rukmani's children is most in danger of dying from starvation?

4. What affliction is Ira's son born with?

5. What does Rukmani tell her family regarding Puli?

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