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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forty-Five a Month, Out of Business.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Shanta?
(a) A teenager.
(b) Very, very young -- maybe 2 or 3.
(c) Quite old -- perhaps 60 or 65.
(d) Elementary-school age.

2. How does the family react to Thanappa's hiding of the mail?
(a) They beat him.
(b) They report him to the authorities.
(c) They forgive him.
(d) They run him out of town.

3. What does the swami want the talkative man to do to him with his engine?
(a) Drive him to the next town over.
(b) Run him over.
(c) Demonstrate it so they both can make money.
(d) Let him borrow it.

4. What kind of marriage does Ramanujan want for Kamakshi?
(a) An arranged one.
(b) An expensive one.
(c) One that pays off all of his debts.
(d) One that will allow him to travel on a boat.

5. What does Swami's father write a letter complaining about?
(a) Swami's reportedly abusive teacher.
(b) The lack of supervision on the playground.
(c) The horrible bus driver
(d) How expensive tuition is for such a bad school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the astrologer set up his shop?

2. How does the blind man initially befriend the dog?

3. What does the sadhu first request of the talkative man?

4. What musical instrument did the talkative man play in his youth?

5. What does the old man end up using to leash the dog by the end of the story?

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