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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 28, 29 and 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Nathan's sons do on their one day off from the tannery each week?
(a) They work with Nathan in the fields.
(b) They help their mother with household chores.
(c) They spend their time in the local tavern.
(d) They travel to the nearby village to see their friends.

2. Who are among the first to work in the tannery?
(a) Rukmani's two eldest sons.
(b) Kali's two eldest sons.
(c) Janaki's two eldest sons.
(d) Kunthi's two eldest sons.

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

4. After her mother dies, the doctor asks Rukmani what is wrong. What does Rukmani reveal to the doctor?
(a) That she has been ill.
(b) That she has no sons.
(c) That her marriage is in trouble.
(d) That her mother's death could have been prevented.

5. In Chapter 4, what is being built in the village?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A temple.
(c) An inn.
(d) A tannery.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In spite of the circumstances surrounding the birth of Ira's son, what ceremony does Nathan hold ten days after the child's birth?

4. When Rukmani learns that her son has been killed, what does she also learn he has been accused of?

5. In order to earn enough money to return to their village, Nathan and Rukmani continue to work in the city in spite of the rain that begins to fall. How many days in a row does it rain?

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