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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sambu's father do for a living?
(a) Worked in the movies.
(b) Worked as a priest.
(c) Worked as a pickpocket.
(d) Worked as a doctor.

2. What was the hippie in his younger years?
(a) A soldier.
(b) He's never really had a job.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A teacher.

3. How old is the lost boy?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

4. Why does Ranga stop working for the blacksmith?
(a) Because he takes too much of the profits.
(b) Because he is fired.
(c) Becase he dies.
(d) Because he hates the work.

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

6. Who is Leela?
(a) Sidda's wife.
(b) Sidda's new boss.
(c) Another gardener in the Sivasanker household.
(d) The child Sidda must take care of.

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

8. What does the landlord think is causing all the noise in his building?
(a) His obnoxious tenants.
(b) Rats.
(c) A demon spirit.
(d) A squatter.

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

10. Where does the hippie encounter the cobbler?
(a) Outside of a temple.
(b) In the shopping mall.
(c) In city hall.
(d) In the town square.

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

12. Who is Radha?
(a) Radh's boss.
(b) Radha's husband.
(c) Radha's wife.
(d) A 4-year-old girl in Ayah's care.

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

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

15. What does Raman buy to try to win affection from the lost child?
(a) A balloon.
(b) A tiny car.
(c) A puppy.
(d) Cotton candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ranga's family live?

2. Where does the boy try to abandon Naga?

3. What does Raman wonder about Daisy?

4. How old is Sambu?

5. What does the landlord use as a burglar alarm?

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