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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical instrument did the talkative man play in his youth?
(a) The guitar.
(b) The lyre.
(c) The piano.
(d) The flute.

2. How long has Govind Singh worked as a security guard?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. Why does Velan leave his birthplace?
(a) He is kicked out.
(b) He is running from the law.
(c) The woman he loves lives somewhere else.
(d) He has a fight with his father.

4. How does the talkative man acquire his engine?
(a) By stealing it.
(b) By winning a raffle.
(c) By inheriting it.
(d) By saving for months.

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

6. 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) Drive him to the next town over.
(d) Run him over.

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

8. What does the sadhu first request of the talkative man?
(a) Money.
(b) Books.
(c) Food.
(d) Shelter.

9. How does Narayan describe the train when Iyer gets on it?
(a) Broken down.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Empty.
(d) Crowded.

10. On what street does Rama have his business?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Market Street.
(c) Airport Avenue.
(d) Front Street.

11. What kind of contest does Rama Rao end up entering each week?
(a) A crossword puzzle contest.
(b) A fashion show.
(c) A spelling bee.
(d) A lottery.

12. What happens to Soma's house after he shows people the statue?
(a) His house falls into the Earth after an earthquake.
(b) His house is hit by a flash flood.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His house is hit by lightning.

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

14. Why does the talkative man initially want the statue of Frederick Lawley?
(a) To sell it to a British museum.
(b) To sell it for scrap metal.
(c) Both of these answers are correct.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

15. How much money does Raju initially steal from the man in the green blazer?
(a) 50 rubles.
(b) 500 rubles.
(c) 300 rubles.
(d) 30 rubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Rama spend each day in supplies?

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

3. What time does Shanta expect to go to the movies?

4. What does Gopal want to do if he is expected to die?

5. How long has it taken Soma to make his statue of a god?

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