Quick Quiz: "Nectar..." Ch 1 & 2

Where does the story begin?

• In the past, and her husband is alive. 
• In the past, and her husband is dead.
• In her present day, and her husband has died. She then continues in present day for both chapters.
• In her present day, and her husband has died. She then flashes back to the past for the remainder of both chapters.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following describes Rukhmani's family and marriage?

•  She came from a low family and married above her. 
• She came from a low family and married beneath her. 
• She came from a high family and married above her
• She came from a high family and married beneath her.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why is Nathan considered to be "below" Rukmani?

• He is just a poor tenant farmer.
• He is physically abusive.
• He is a very unattractive man.
• He has a disability and is missing fingers.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How old is Rukmani when she and Nathan get married?

• 20
• 12
• 30
• 16

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Why does Rukmani end up feeling guilty for crying when she sees the house she will live in?

• She never feels guilty.
• She discovers that Nathan built the hut himself, just for her.
• He paid a great deal for the home, and it cost him his life savings.
• He carefully supervised the building, with the help of his neighbors, and it took a long time to complete.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Rukhmani's first child is a _____ which makes her ____

• girl...happy
• boy...happy
• girl...unhappy
• boy...unhappy

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does Rukmani's father teach her to do, and how does her mother feel about it?

• To read...and her mother thinks it is an essential skill.
• To hunt...and her mother thinks it's a useless thing to learn.
• To read...and her mother thinks that it is a useless skill to teach her.
• To farm...and her mother thinks it is a useless skill to teach her.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is one piece of evidence that shows that people in this society believe a great deal in certain superstitions?

• Midwives help deliver the children, and not the neighbor women.
• They worship their crops and perform a dance of prosperity.
• They believe so deeply in their god that they spend entire days worshipping.
• Kali tells Rukmani that it's a shame that Nathan killed the cobra because it is sacred.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

From your research homework, it was easy to tell that a majority of the people in India:

• live lives of prosperity and ease in the rural areas, but life is much harder and poverty ridden in the urban areas
• live prosperously in both rural and urban areas
• live lives of prosperity if they live in the cities, but live lives of poverty in the rural areas
• live their lives in poverty, regardless of location, and proper sanitation and pollution are big issues.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

According the research homework,

• classes are an important factor in Indian society.
• people are divided into a class system that is ranked into 4 categories.
• there is a bottom category of people known as "untouchables or outcasts" that are so low, they're not even considered a part of society.
• ALL of these answers are correct.