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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Selvi hear of her mother's death?
(a) She is doing the TV broadcast when the news comes across her desk.
(b) She never hears about it.
(c) From the newspaper.
(d) From someone on the street.

2. How old is Rao?
(a) 80.
(b) 75.
(c) Nearly 100.
(d) 90.

3. What does the landlord use as a burglar alarm?
(a) An electric fence.
(b) Two security guards.
(c) A silent alarm that can alert the police.
(d) Tin cans placed around the building.

4. Where did Rao work in his younger years?
(a) He was the town mayor.
(b) At the Excise Department.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) In the army.

5. On what street does Selvi's mother live?
(a) Bangalore Avenue.
(b) The Great Indian Highway.
(c) Main Street.
(d) Vinayak Mudali Street.

6. Who is the man with the tufted beard that Sambu's mother talks to?
(a) Sambu's true father.
(b) The father of the girl he is intended to marry.
(c) A priest.
(d) Her secret lover.

7. What has happened to Sambu's father?
(a) He has died.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He has been jailed.
(d) No one is sure, but he is missing.

8. What has happened to Naga?
(a) It runs away.
(b) It is too old to perform anymore.
(c) It gets eaten by a bird.
(d) It is stolen by someone else.

9. What does the hippie give the cobbler to smoke?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A home-rolled cigarette.
(c) Some firewood.
(d) A store-bought cigarette.

10. Near what landmark does Ramu fall asleep after a fight with his mother?
(a) The town library.
(b) The supposedly haunted forest entrance.
(c) City hall.
(d) The town water tank.

11. What animal does the boy's father capture in the forest in "Naga"?
(a) A beautiful bird.
(b) A poisonous frog.
(c) A tiny monkey.
(d) A dangerous but pretty fish.

12. What kinds of crimes is the landlord accused of doing?
(a) Burglary.
(b) Crimes against a woman.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

13. What has been Ayah's job for 20 years or so?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a nanny.
(d) She is a nurse.

14. What does the hippie ask the cobbler if he believes in?
(a) The devil.
(b) Fate.
(c) The kind of shoe polish he uses.
(d) God.

15. What does Sambu enjoy doing all day?
(a) Playing video games.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Reading philsophy books.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Rao forced to retire?

2. Where is the hippie from?

3. Who is Radha?

4. How old is Ramu?

5. What does Raman buy to try to win affection from the lost child?

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