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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why must Nataraj stay hidden behind his blue curtain while the court is in session?
(a) Because the laywer has filed a petition to delay his summons saying he is out of town.
(b) So Sastri can screen his visitors.
(c) So that Vasu will not know he is there.
(d) So no one will interrupt his work.
2. What does Nataraj have stashed away up in his attic that he wishes to be rid of?
(a) Old newspapers, magazines and other waste paper.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Several animals stuffed by a taxidermist.
(d) Scorpions and snakes.
3. How does Vasu choose the details of the printing job he wants done?
(a) Vasu asks Nataraj to choose for him.
(b) Vasu chooses the most expensive of everything.
(c) Vasu has strong likes and dislikes and knows exactly what he wants.
(d) Vasu chooses the cheapest of everthing.
4. What profession did Vasu engage in earlier in life?
(a) He was a strong man that performed at markets and fairs crushing granite and bending iron.
(b) He was a large game safari hunter that protected travelers as they crossed wilderness.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He was a monk in an isolated monastery.
5. What new problem brought on by Vasu bothers Sastri at the press?
(a) A stuffed hyena at the bottom of the stairs.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Vasu driving away Sen and the poet.
(d) The sound of Vasu's heavy boots pacing back and forth.
6. What does Nataraj suddenly fear when Vasu carelessly answers his request for money?
(a) That he wouln't make it home in time for his appointment.
(b) That he would starve to death.
(c) That Vasu had forgotten that they were friends.
(d) That maybe Vasu was abducting him for ransom.
7. Which of the following best describes Vasu?
(a) Strong, kind, and slightly confused.
(b) Loud, egotistical, and invasive.
(c) Quiet, manipulative, and resentful.
(d) Demanding, sincere, and strongwilled.
8. What does Nataraj say about Vasu's proposal in the attic?
(a) Nataraj never answers but Vasu moves in anyway.
(b) Nataraj debates carefully and decided the extra income would be beneficial.
(c) Nataraj is ecstatic about his friend having a reason to be there more often.
(d) Nataraj is against the idea.
9. Where is the office that Nataraj must visit?
(a) All the way across town.
(b) Over a cotton factory.
(c) In Mempi.
(d) Next door to the courthouse.
10. How does Nataraj control the situation in his parlor?
(a) He doesn't, he lets it unfold as it will.
(b) He removes the Queen Anne chair.
(c) He defends Sen and the poet all the time.
(d) He sends Vasu out on frequent errands.
11. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?
(a) Only people on business are allowed past the curtain into the back.
(b) The curtain is a barrier between two worlds and people are not invited to pass.
(c) Nataraj hates the curtain but Sastri insists on keeping it up for privacy.
(d) The curtain is often left open for conversation and light to pass.
12. Who does Nataraj run into that helps him with his situation?
(a) The adjournment lawyer for whom he printed wedding invitations.
(b) The police inspector he met on the bus.
(c) The tea-shop man.
(d) The forestry official.
13. What does Nataraj tell Vasu's friend about the printing job?
(a) That he needs to be paid up front.
(b) To make careful final revisions and then bring it back.
(c) That there is a long waiting period to get things printed.
(d) That it will be expensive to print.
14. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?
(a) Ambitious and driven.
(b) Emotional and easy to manipulate.
(c) Frivolous and vain.
(d) Content, kind, and hard working.
15. Does Nataraj have a family of his own?
(a) Yes, he has a wife and a son.
(b) No, he was raised an orphan and never married.
(c) No, his closest family is a brother that lives nearby.
(d) Yes, his four sons have recently married.
Short Answer Questions
1. What problem does the septuagenarian bring to Nataraj?
2. What does Vasu want printed?
3. Why was Nataraj a little disappointed that Vasu was not drunk during the jeep ride to Mempi?
4. Why was the printing job Nataraj was working on when Vasu takes him away urgent?
5. Why does Nataraj feel silly in Mempi?
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