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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rao's favorite part of the day?
(a) His huge dinner.
(b) When he gets to garden.
(c) His afternoon nap.
(d) His shower.

2. 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.

3. What does Ranga end up doing for a living?
(a) Painting portraits.
(b) Sharpening knives.
(c) Being a journalist.
(d) Selling bread.

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

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

6. Who does the landlord call to get rid of the noises in his building?
(a) An exorcist.
(b) His cousins.
(c) An exterminator.
(d) The police.

7. Where does Ranga's family live?
(a) In a village 25 miles away.
(b) He doesn't have a family.
(c) In a houseboat.
(d) With him in the apartment.

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

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

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

11. What is the cat chasing when it gets a jug stuck on its head?
(a) The landlord.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A rat.
(d) Another cat.

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

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

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

15. How has the boy in "Naga" made money as a child?
(a) He has joined the circus.
(b) He has begged for money.
(c) He has sold lucky rocks he finds.
(d) He has worked as a snake charmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sambu?

2. On what street does Selvi's mother live?

3. What happens to the boy's father in "Naga"?

4. Who is Leela?

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

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