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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kannan find in the tin where his wife keeps her money?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) A note yelling at him.
(c) Her money.
(d) Nothing.

2. Where does the talkative man acquire his engine?
(a) At the town fair.
(b) On the internet.
(c) In a nearby town.
(d) At the local store.

3. What makes Raju try to return the stolen purse?
(a) He knows his fingerprints are all over it.
(b) He feels guilty.
(c) He realizes it is the purse of a friend.
(d) The balloon that was meant for the motherless boy.

4. From whom does the dog initially defend the blind man?
(a) An abusive teenager.
(b) A group of thugs.
(c) The corrupt police.
(d) His abusive wife.

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

6. Why does Govind Singh retire?
(a) Because his hearing is declining.
(b) Because his vision is declining.
(c) Because his hearing and vision are both declining.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

7. What skill does Iyer lie to the newcomer on the train about having?
(a) Karate.
(b) Ju-jitsu.
(c) Tae Kwon Do.
(d) Sharpshooting.

8. What goals does the talkative man's music teacher have for himself and his music?
(a) To get his vision back.
(b) To play with Yo Yo Ma one day.
(c) To become rich and famous.
(d) Just to play at the village temple.

9. What item does the man in the green blazer buy for a motherless boy?
(a) A balloon.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A nice dinner.

10. How does the talkative man first try to take down the statue of Frederick Lawley?
(a) By chainsaw.
(b) By sheer muscle.
(c) By hacksaw.
(d) By rope.

11. Who helps Dr. Raman perform an operation on Gopal?
(a) Two people who offer to help from the street.
(b) No one; he must do the procedure alone.
(c) His assistants.
(d) Gopal's wife.

12. What is Shanta learning at school?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Her alphabet.
(c) Her alphabet and how to tell time.
(d) How to tell time.

13. How long has Thanapa been a mailman when he is first introduced in the text?
(a) This is a trick question; he is not a mailman.
(b) A very long time.
(c) This is a trick question; he is actually a butcher.
(d) Not long at all.

14. What action of Govind Singh's attracts a police officer's attention?
(a) He throws a rock at a street light.
(b) He is running through the streets, screaming.
(c) He is dressed very, very oddly.
(d) He is out with a lot of women one night.

15. What did Rama Rao used to do before he lost his business?
(a) Sell records.
(b) Sell fruit.
(c) Run a hospital.
(d) Run a bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the teacher Swami complains about?

2. What damage does the falling tree do to Soma's beloved statue?

3. How does Atilla react to Ranga?

4. What does the talkative man hit accidentally with his engine?

5. How much money does Raju initially steal from the man in the green blazer?

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