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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. Who is the moneylender?
(a) Kali.
(b) Biswas.
(c) Janaki.
(d) Hanuman.

2. Why are some people surprised when they look at Nathan and Rukmani's daughter?
(a) She has one arm.
(b) She is bald.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She is beautiful.

3. In what month is Ira married?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) April.
(d) August.

4. How old is Rukmani's daughter when her first son is finally born?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

5. How far have the construction workers traveled to reach the village?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) One hundred miles.
(d) Seventy kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are among the first to work in the tannery?

2. What is the roof on Nathan's hut made from?

3. After her mother dies, the doctor asks Rukmani what is wrong. What does Rukmani reveal to the doctor?

4. In Chapter 4, what is being built in the village?

5. What is the village doctor's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5 during one of Kenny's visits, he notices that Rukmani is still breast-feeding her three-year-old son. Why?

2. What does Murugan's wife blame for his desertion?

3. When the men start building the tannery, they seem pleased to have drawn such a loud crowd. How does the overseer in particular behave?

4. Why does Old Granny die alone?

5. What does the doctor tell Rukmani and Nathan about Murugan?

6. When Rukmani and Nathan awaken from their first night's sleep in the city, why do they not eat breakfast before heading out to find their son?

7. Why does Arjun go to work in the tannery?

8. When Kenny offers to help Rukmani after she confides she has no sons, what is Rukmani's initial reaction to his offer of help?

9. After being returned to her family by her husband, how is Ira welcomed back into the family?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 28, Rukmani is very excited. Why?

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