“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 uncooked

Because they are burning hot

Because they are stolen

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

They work as farmers

They steal food from others' fields

They steal money at the market
3 What kind of work does Budhiya do?
She grinds grain

She is a merchant

She is a cook

She is a farmer
4 How does the narrator describe Ghisu and Madhav's home?
A middle-class urban apartment

A wood cabin with a fireplace

A hut with pracitcally no possessions

A modest but well-kept home
5 What kind of jobs are available in Ghisu and Madhav's village?
Metalwork

Factory labor

Farming

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

A group within the Indian caste system

Budhiya's family name

Ghisu and Madhav's actual profession
7 Madhav says he is afraid to check on Budhiya. What is he really afraid of?
That his father will finish eating all of the potatoes

That Budhiya will scold him

That his father will steal his money while he's gone

That his father will leave him alone
8 What does the narrator compare Ghisu and Madhav to when they fall asleep while Budhiya moans?
Serpents

Raptors

Elephants

Tigers
9 What are the only possessions that Ghisu and Madhav have in their home?
Cigarettes

Straw hats

Ceramic vases

Clay pots
10 What happens to Ghisu and Madhav when Budhiya begins to provide for them?
They speak badly of her in the village

They seek work as farmers

They begin to treat her better

They become lazier
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

He is afraid Budhiya will leave him

They are too poor to provide for a child
12 What does the narrator comment about the peasants who labor all day or night?
They work growing wheat but can't afford to buy it

They are not much better off than Ghisu and Madhav

They are organizing an uprising

They work for Sahib
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 smart to be a trickster

He is still a peasant

He is too stupid to be a trickster
14 Why does Ghisu remember the wedding procession from twenty years ago?
Because that it where he met his wife

Because he drank a whole bottle of liquor

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

Because that is when he gained a bad reputation
15 What kind of language does the narrator use to describe Madhav's discovery that Budhiya has died?
Cold, distanced, mildly disgusting

Regretful and apologetic

Heart-broken and depressed

Defeated, exhausted, tragic
16 What is the landlord Sahib's reaction to Ghisu and Madhav?
He consoles them over Budhiya's death

He tells them to beat it and never come back

He donates money in exchange for the men's work

He wishes to send them away but donates money anyway
17 How much money do Ghisu and Madhav manage to collect?
Twenty rupees

Twenty dollars

Five rupees

Five dollars
18 Why do Ghisu and Madhav feel the shroud is unnecessary?
Because no one in Budhiya's family was buried with a shroud

Because only certain traditions require a shroud

Because it will be nighttime and the shroud will burn anyway

Because Budhiya asked for the simplest funeral possible
19 What crops do Ghisu and Madhav steal from other's fields?
Spinach, tomatoes and lettuce

Wheat and corn

Potatoes, peas and sugar cane

Ginger and radishes
20 How long have Madhav and Budhiya been married?
Ten years

One year

Five years

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

Writhing and thrashing

Feverish and ill

Relieved of her suffering
22 What items are necessary for Budhiya's funeral?
Grain and fine cloth

A ceramic vase and flowers

Wood, a shroud, and bamboo poles

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 an old shroud would be sufficient

Because not every funeral requires a shroud
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 it is an impossible act

Because Ghisu and Madhav try to hide their poverty

Because the act will be repaid
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 telling them the well-reputed landlord Sahib donated

By threatening them if they refuse

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