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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the dynamics between Vasu and the poet?
(a) They are mutually respectful but distant.
(b) Vasu gets the poet to move from the Queen Anne chair when he arrives.
(c) The poet refuses to hear Vasu talk.
(d) They knew each other previously.

2. Who gives Nataraj cold looks when he runs into them on the street?
(a) The owners of the Star.
(b) His extended family.
(c) The girl he spurned at the market.
(d) The politicians.

3. In chapter one, what part of the life Nataraj lives do we see?
(a) We see the relationships Nataraj has with other people.
(b) We see what Nataraj's life is normally like.
(c) We see the history of the house on Kabir Street.
(d) All of the above.

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

5. What misunderstanding occurs between Vasu and Nataraj?
(a) Vasu expects the cards to be delivered and Nataraj waits for him to pick them up.
(b) Nataraj printed the wrong information on the cards.
(c) Vasu thinks the cards are a fraction of their real price.
(d) Vasu returns expecting his cards to be done, but he still needs to choose type and stationary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?

2. Which of the following most accurately portrays the conversations between Nataraj and Vasu as of chapter two?

3. What is the state of the citrus tree behind the house on Kabir Street?

4. Which of the following best describes Vasu?

5. Why does Nataraj tell Vasu he must return another day to make decisions about his printing job?

(see the answer key)

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