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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what do the villagers ask Kenchamma to send?

2. In Chapter 13, at what time and day of the week is the Mahatma to go out to the sea and manufacture salt?

3. In a song, what type of milk is toddy milk in Chapter 16?

4. How do the coolies carry their money in Chapter 15?

5. How many months pregnant is Radhamma when her husband beats her in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do lights glow during Kartik?

2. What does Snakar say about the charges against Moorthy in Chapter 10?

3. Why has Sankar never remarried?

4. What does Venkamma do when she learns when Moorthy will return in Chapter 12 and why do the village women have to attend?

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

6. Who does Betel Lakshamma want Moorthy to free her people from in Chapter 15?

7. What happens in Chapter 14 when the villagers picket Boranna's toddy grove?

8. What happened to Seetharamu in prison?

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

10. Who pickets and where in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Skeffington Coffee Estate is a large plantation that uses cheap labor. How are coolies used to work the land? What are the working conditions like at the Estate? Are coolies much different than slaves?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place or places where a story happens. Where does Kanthapura take place? How do Achakka and other villagers feel about the place and why?

Essay Topic 3

Sankar is an advocate. What is Sankar’s role in Chapter 10, and why is his character important?

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