1. What is Nataraj's poet friend trying to accomplish?
(a) Nataraj's poet friend is determined to prove Nataraj has no family.
(b) Nataraj's poet friend wants Nataraj to marry his sister.
(c) Nataraj's poet friend is writing the life of Krishna is monsyllabic verse.
(d) Nataraj's poet friend is documenting the life of the town in poems.

2. How did Kumar come to Mempi?
(a) He wandered into town with a herd of cattle from the hills when he was six months old.
(b) He was sold to the temple by a great elephant trainer.
(c) He was left when the tea plantation closed.
(d) He was given to the temple by the estate of driver who perished on the road.

3. What happened during the time Nataraj was studying at the Albert Mission?
(a) He was betrothed by his family to a girl he refused to marry.
(b) The Star needed a new apprentice and offered him the position.
(c) His grandfather passed away and his father inherited the ancestral home.
(d) He had many dreams about an elephant.

4. What does Nataraj promise the Septuagenaraian in order to appease him?
(a) To speak to Vasu.
(b) To have Vasu evicted.
(c) To get a new puppy for his grandson.
(d) To propose a law against guns.

5. Why was Nataraj a little disappointed that Vasu was not drunk during the jeep ride to Mempi?
(a) He was hoping to stop at a bar for a drink himself.
(b) It was worse that Vasu would conduct himself the way he did dead sober.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He was hoping that Vasu would fall asleep in Mempi.