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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Deeti and Kalua consider going to Patna in Chapter 8, how far is the journey?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 12 days.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 8 days.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Deeti want to do if the crop is good this year?
(a) Buy a field.
(b) Buy clothes.
(c) Add on to the house.
(d) Fix the roof.

3. How many lascars were often needed to do the work of a single able seaman?
(a) 6.
(b) 3 or 4.
(c) 2 or 3.
(d) 5.

4. In Chapter 1, how long has Deeti been married?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 7 years.

5. In Chapter 6, how much opium does Deeti allow her husband?
(a) Some three times a day.
(b) Some in the morning and evening.
(c) One pipe.
(d) A few mouthfuls.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how long does the tattooist tell Neel the mark will last?

2. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Ma Tarmony died?

3. How many of the girmitiyas will be in rowboats as they disembark in Chapter 12?

4. For how many generations has the tatooist eaten Neel's familily's salt in Chapter 12?

5. What is the name of the suburb in Calcutta where the white merchants of Calcutta have their country estates?

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