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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How old is Ramu?
(a) 25 or 16.
(b) 16 or 17.
(c) 40 or 41.
(d) 8 or 9.

8. What job is Sidda hired by Mr. Sivasanker to do?
(a) Teach him how to read.
(b) Watch his 5-year-old daughter.
(c) Tend to his gardens.
(d) Paint his house.

9. Where does Rao's former lover live?
(a) On Bangalore Avenue.
(b) On Gokulam Street.
(c) On Main Street.
(d) In an excpetionally fancy palace.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the boy try to abandon Naga?

2. Who is Daisy?

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

4. What is Sambu's mother's actual medical condition?

5. What does the hippie ask the cobbler if he believes in?

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