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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. In Chapter 13, at what time and day of the week is the Mahatma to go out to the sea and manufacture salt?
(a) Monday at 5 p.m.
(b) Tuesday at 5 a.m.
(c) Wednesday at 10 a.m.
(d) Thursday at 4 p.m.

2. How much salt did the Mahatma take after his ablutions in Chapter 13?
(a) Handful.
(b) A cup.
(c) 2 tablespoons.
(d) A pocket full.

3. Where are the Mahatma and his followers going to manufacture salt in Chapter 13?
(a) Dandi.
(b) Kannur.
(c) Thottada.
(d) Gokarna.

4. When do the policemn walk away through the main street in Chapter 12?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) Dusk.

5. How often does Moorthy receive reports from the Congress committee from the city regarding the Mahatma's pilgrimage in Chapter 13?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Every other week.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Daily.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the villagers in Kanthapura learn that the Mahatma has been arrested in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 11, who is Rangamma's guru?

3. In Chapter 10, where do the police kick the women who want their husband's and Moorthy back?

4. How many acres of wet land does the Swami receive from the government in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 16, how many days of fever did Seetharamu have when he was in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who decides when the villagers will begin plowing and how in Chapter 12?

2. What instructions does Moorthy give when the Don't-touch-the-Government campaign begins in Chpater 14?

3. How does Ramakrishnayya die?

4. Why has Sankar never remarried?

5. How are the women locked in the temple and how do they escape?

6. In Chapter 10, why does Sankar asks Rangamma to stay with him in Karwar?

7. Who pickets and where in Chapter 16?

8. How do lights glow during Kartik?

9. In Chapter 15, where do the villagers wake after being beaten and what do they do?

10. How does Sankar take the cases he advocates for?

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