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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the boy's father in "Naga"?
(a) He goes insane.
(b) He dies of a heart attack.
(c) He is taken to jail.
(d) He runs off with a woman.

3. What is Sambu's mother's actual medical condition?
(a) She is wracked with guilt.
(b) A tumor.
(c) She eats too little and faints.
(d) Cancer.

4. Where is the town fair located that Raman visits?
(a) Malgudi.
(b) New York.
(c) An unnamed village.
(d) Bangalore.

5. Where does the landlord sleep at night?
(a) In a posh hotel.
(b) In his bathtub.
(c) Across his building doorway.
(d) In a very fancy bed.

6. Who is Dr. Kishen?
(a) Sambu's professional name.
(b) The president of the nearby university where Sambu wants to go.
(c) Sambu's tutor.
(d) Sambu's mother's doctor.

7. Who is Naga?
(a) A boy's pet dog.
(b) A boy's snake.
(c) A boy's pet rat.
(d) A boy's sister.

8. What is Rao still able to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Walk.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Read a newspaper.

9. What has happened to Sambu's father?
(a) He has died.
(b) He is off on an expedition and won't be back for 3 years.
(c) He has run off with another woman.
(d) He has gone blind.

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

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

12. Where is the hippie from?
(a) Paris.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) We never really find out.
(d) Bangalore.

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

14. What medical condition is it first believed that Sambu's mother has?
(a) A tumor.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A heart condition.

15. What does Raman wonder about Daisy?
(a) If she stole from him.
(b) If she is pregnant.
(c) If she has gone insane.
(d) If she is cheating on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what landmark does Ramu fall asleep after a fight with his mother?

2. What does the hippie give the cobbler to smoke?

3. How many surviving children does Ranga have?

4. How old is Sambu?

5. Who is Selvi married to?

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