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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the villagers not sending their children to school?
(a) They need them to pick crops.
(b) They are opposed to education.
(c) They do not have a school teacher.
(d) They need them to tend to the cattle.

2. Which perspective is used to tell the story at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Raju's past tense view.
(b) The omniscient narrator.
(c) Raju's present tense view.
(d) Velan's view.

3. What did Raju dislike about his last residence?
(a) He despised the other residents.
(b) He loathed waking early in the morning.
(c) He disliked the hard work it required.
(d) He couldn't handle the extreme temperatures.

4. How much did the groom offer to pay Raju's father to keep the equipment?
(a) 50 rupees.
(b) 125 rupees.
(c) 100 rupees.
(d) 75 rupees.

5. Who entered Raju's father's shop at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Religious men.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Neighborhood children.
(d) Railway men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the groom offer to pay Raju's father for the use of his equipment?

2. How did Raju assist his father with work?

3. Where did Raju learn the story that he tells Velan in the temple?

4. Why will the children not go to the temple?

5. What was Raju's punishment from his father?

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