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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nataraj answer when Vasu asks him how many people he employs in his press?
(a) I employ several specialists.
(b) Just Sastri.
(c) As many as I need.
(d) Six people.

2. Does Nataraj have a family of his own?
(a) No, his closest family is a brother that lives nearby.
(b) No, he was raised an orphan and never married.
(c) Yes, he has a wife and a son.
(d) Yes, his four sons have recently married.

3. Who interrupts Vasu and Nataraj's conversation? What is Vasu's reaction?
(a) The poet interrupts them, and Vasu ignores him.
(b) Sastri interrupts them, and Vasu yells at him.
(c) A woman interrupts them, and Vasu falls respectfully silent when she approaches.
(d) Babu, Nataraj's son interrupts them, and Vasu brushes him off.

4. What was lost when Nataraj's grandmother passed away?
(a) Family unity between the five brothers and their families.
(b) All documentation of Nataraj's existence.
(c) The stories of Nataraj's grandfather, an elephant handler.
(d) The ancestral home of the family.

5. How much room does Nataraj need for his printing press?
(a) A shop downtown with three rooms.
(b) The back room of the place he owns.
(c) He uses the back wall of his home where he can line up the machines.
(d) He can just squeeze everything into the place he has.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Nataraj cold looks when he runs into them on the street?

2. Which of the following best describes the feelings of the poet about Vasu?

3. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?

4. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?

5. What are the dynamics between Vasu and the poet?

(see the answer key)

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