“The Shroud” and Other Short Stories Quizzes

"The Shroud" and Other Short Stories Quiz

1 Why is eating the potatoes painful for Ghisu and Madhav?
Because they are burning hot

Because they are unripe

Because they are uncooked

Because they are stolen
2 How do Ghisu and Madhav obtain food to survive?
They sell grain at the market

They steal money at the market

They steal food from others' fields

They work as farmers
3 What kind of work does Budhiya do?
She is a cook

She grinds grain

She is a farmer

She is a merchant
4 How does the narrator describe Ghisu and Madhav's home?
A modest but well-kept home

A hut with pracitcally no possessions

A middle-class urban apartment

A wood cabin with a fireplace
5 What kind of jobs are available in Ghisu and Madhav's village?
Farming

Metalwork

Factory labor

Waste treatment
6 What is the Chamars a reference to?
Ghisu and Madhav's reputation as slackers

Ghisu and Madhav's actual profession

Budhiya's family name

A group within the Indian caste system
7 Madhav says he is afraid to check on Budhiya. What is he really afraid of?
That his father will steal his money while he's gone

That his father will leave him alone

That Budhiya will scold him

That his father will finish eating all of the potatoes
8 What does the narrator compare Ghisu and Madhav to when they fall asleep while Budhiya moans?
Raptors

Tigers

Serpents

Elephants
9 What are the only possessions that Ghisu and Madhav have in their home?
Straw hats

Ceramic vases

Cigarettes

Clay pots
10 What happens to Ghisu and Madhav when Budhiya begins to provide for them?
They begin to treat her better

They become lazier

They speak badly of her in the village

They seek work as farmers
11 Why does Madhav worry about having a child?
He is afraid a child will bring more conflict to the family

He worries Budhiya will be a bad mother

They are too poor to provide for a child

He is afraid Budhiya will leave him
12 What does the narrator comment about the peasants who labor all day or night?
They work for Sahib

They are not much better off than Ghisu and Madhav

They work growing wheat but can't afford to buy it

They are organizing an uprising
13 Why is Ghisu not fully a trickster?
He does not follow the rules of the tricksters to improve his social position

He is too stupid to be a trickster

He is still a peasant

He is too smart to be a trickster
14 Why does Ghisu remember the wedding procession from twenty years ago?
Because that is when he gained a bad reputation

Because he drank a whole bottle of liquor

Because it was the only time he was truly full and satisfied

Because that it where he met his wife
15 What kind of language does the narrator use to describe Madhav's discovery that Budhiya has died?
Defeated, exhausted, tragic

Cold, distanced, mildly disgusting

Heart-broken and depressed

Regretful and apologetic
16 What is the landlord Sahib's reaction to Ghisu and Madhav?
He donates money in exchange for the men's work

He wishes to send them away but donates money anyway

He consoles them over Budhiya's death

He tells them to beat it and never come back
17 How much money do Ghisu and Madhav manage to collect?
Twenty rupees

Five rupees

Twenty dollars

Five dollars
18 Why do Ghisu and Madhav feel the shroud is unnecessary?
Because Budhiya asked for the simplest funeral possible

Because no one in Budhiya's family was buried with a shroud

Because it will be nighttime and the shroud will burn anyway

Because only certain traditions require a shroud
19 What crops do Ghisu and Madhav steal from other's fields?
Spinach, tomatoes and lettuce

Ginger and radishes

Potatoes, peas and sugar cane

Wheat and corn
20 How long have Madhav and Budhiya been married?
Three years

Ten years

Five years

One year
21 How does Ghisu describe his wife when she is dying in labor?
Suffering unfairly

Writhing and thrashing

Relieved of her suffering

Feverish and ill
22 What items are necessary for Budhiya's funeral?
A ceramic vase and flowers

Wood, a shroud, and bamboo poles

Grain and fine cloth

Clay pots and incense
23 Why does Ghisu indicate it is hypocritical to require a new shroud for the dead?
Because the poor aren't even properly clothed when they're alive

Because the shroud will hide Budhiya's suffering

Because not every funeral requires a shroud

Because an old shroud would be sufficient
24 Why does the narrator compare showing compassion to Ghisu and Madhav to dying a black blanket?
Because their clothes are dyed black from filth

Because the act will be repaid

Because it is an impossible act

Because Ghisu and Madhav try to hide their poverty
25 How does Ghisu convince the villagers to donate money?
By promising to repay them

By reminding them of all the hard work he's done for the village

By threatening them if they refuse

By telling them the well-reputed landlord Sahib donated

Describe the poverty of Ghisu and Madhav.

"The Shroud" depicts a poor family of a low caste in India in the 1930s. On the one hand, the author depicts the protagonists, Ghisu and Madhav, as awful, lazy, and to blame for their predicament. There is no shortage of work in the village, yet...

Asked by Kishan P #1313989

Answered by jill d #170087 on 7/12/2023 11:52 AM