“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 unripe

Because they are burning hot

Because they are stolen
2 How do Ghisu and Madhav obtain food to survive?
They steal food from others' fields

They work as farmers

They sell grain at the market

They steal money at the market
3 What kind of work does Budhiya do?
She is a farmer

She grinds grain

She is a merchant

She is a cook
4 How does the narrator describe Ghisu and Madhav's home?
A wood cabin with a fireplace

A hut with pracitcally no possessions

A modest but well-kept home

A middle-class urban apartment
5 What kind of jobs are available in Ghisu and Madhav's village?
Farming

Metalwork

Waste treatment

Factory labor
6 What is the Chamars a reference to?
A group within the Indian caste system

Ghisu and Madhav's actual profession

Ghisu and Madhav's reputation as slackers

Budhiya's family name
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 his father will leave him alone

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

That Budhiya will scold him
8 What does the narrator compare Ghisu and Madhav to when they fall asleep while Budhiya moans?
Tigers

Raptors

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 speak badly of her in the village

They become lazier

They seek work as farmers
11 Why does Madhav worry about having a child?
He worries Budhiya will be a bad mother

He is afraid Budhiya will leave him

They are too poor to provide for a child

He is afraid a child will bring more conflict to the family
12 What does the narrator comment about the peasants who labor all day or night?
They are organizing an uprising

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
13 Why is Ghisu not fully a trickster?
He is still a peasant

He is too stupid to be a trickster

He does not follow the rules of the tricksters to improve his social position

He is too smart to be a trickster
14 Why does Ghisu remember the wedding procession from twenty years ago?
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

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?
Heart-broken and depressed

Cold, distanced, mildly disgusting

Regretful and apologetic

Defeated, exhausted, tragic
16 What is the landlord Sahib's reaction to Ghisu and Madhav?
He tells them to beat it and never come back

He wishes to send them away but donates money anyway

He donates money in exchange for the men's work

He consoles them over Budhiya's death
17 How much money do Ghisu and Madhav manage to collect?
Five dollars

Five rupees

Twenty dollars

Twenty rupees
18 Why do Ghisu and Madhav feel the shroud is unnecessary?
Because it will be nighttime and the shroud will burn anyway

Because Budhiya asked for the simplest funeral possible

Because only certain traditions require a shroud

Because no one in Budhiya's family was buried with a shroud
19 What crops do Ghisu and Madhav steal from other's fields?
Spinach, tomatoes and lettuce

Ginger and radishes

Wheat and corn

Potatoes, peas and sugar cane
20 How long have Madhav and Budhiya been married?
Five years

One year

Three years

Ten years
21 How does Ghisu describe his wife when she is dying in labor?
Relieved of her suffering

Suffering unfairly

Feverish and ill

Writhing and thrashing
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 shroud will hide Budhiya's suffering

Because not every funeral requires a shroud

Because the poor aren't even properly clothed when they're alive

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 the act will be repaid

Because Ghisu and Madhav try to hide their poverty

Because their clothes are dyed black from filth

Because it is an impossible act
25 How does Ghisu convince the villagers to donate money?
By threatening them if they refuse

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

By promising to repay them

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