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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Deepavali?
(a) The Festival of Lights.
(b) The celebration of the village's settlement.
(c) The temple's most holy day.
(d) The anniversary of the tannery's opening.

2. Which one of the villagers is scornful of Rukmani's writing skills?
(a) Biswas.
(b) Janaki.
(c) Kunthi.
(d) Kali.

3. When the construction workers leave the village, some of the villagers are disappointed. Why?
(a) The village is once again too quiet.
(b) The villagers liked the excitement the men brought with them.
(c) The men told great stories about foreign lands.
(d) The men spent their money lavishly.

4. What does Rukmani see as a positive result of the foreigners returning to the village?
(a) The increased traffic in the village will lead to road improvements.
(b) She can build Ira's dowry much quicker.
(c) Ira will have many options when choosing a husband.
(d) The new business will create jobs to combat the high unemployment rate.

5. Arjun and Thambi leave the village to work in Ceylon. Where are they working?
(a) In the masonry building.
(b) In the village market.
(c) In the tea plantation.
(d) In the tannery's new building.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many nights does the monsoon last?

2. In Chapter 12, the workers do something unexpected. What is it?

3. When Rukmani begins taking better care of herself and leaving more of the farming work to Nathan, what does she do in her spare time?

4. Why do Janaki and her husband leave the village?

5. What does Rukmani do when she finds the creature in her garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sacrabani isolated from the other children?

2. When the landlord's assistant comes to collect the rent, he feels bad for Rukmani and Nathan. Why?

3. Why does Rukmani feel ashamed after learning from the three women at the river about her new home?

4. At the end of the strike's first week, what do the tannery officials announce?

5. Rukmani muses that her husband is indeed a patient man for putting up with her in the early days of her marriage. Why does she feel this way?

6. Is the strike successful? Why or why not?

7. Why does Kenny think Selvam would be a good assistant?

8. Describe the temperament of Nathan and Rukmani's daughter.

9. On his deathbed, what does Nathan tell Rukmani to comfort her?

10. When selecting a suitable husband for Ira, Nathan and Rukmani list several requirements of the selected man. When suitable match is found, what requirements does he meet?

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