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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the swami want the talkative man to do to him with his engine?
(a) Let him borrow it.
(b) Run him over.
(c) Demonstrate it so they both can make money.
(d) Drive him to the next town over.

2. What kind of contest does Rama Rao end up entering each week?
(a) A fashion show.
(b) A spelling bee.
(c) A lottery.
(d) A crossword puzzle contest.

3. What does the talkative man sell for a living?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Medicines.
(d) Figurines.

4. Why does entering the contest cost Rama Rao money?
(a) Because he must pay someone to help him win.
(b) Because he encloses a bribe in the envelope.
(c) Because there is an entrance fee.
(d) Because he has to send his entry by registered mail.

5. What action of Govind Singh's attracts a police officer's attention?
(a) He is out with a lot of women one night.
(b) He throws a rock at a street light.
(c) He is dressed very, very oddly.
(d) He is running through the streets, screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the blind man initially befriend the dog?

2. Who is Atilla named after?

3. How does the talkative man finally take down the statue of Frederick Lawley?

4. What does Swami's father call him when he returns home from school?

5. What animal enters the room while the talkative man is playing music (after he has banned the sadhu from entering)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the cobbler refuse the gift the hippie offers as he leaves?

2. What do the blind man and the dog each get out of their relationship?

3. What makes Iyer's threat of embarrassment particularly threatening to the newcomer on the train?

4. What does Ayah have to leave the children and family in her care?

5. What happens with Rama Rao's suicide attempt?

6. What ultimately happens to the lost boy that Raman befriends?

7. Why does Sambu want to get a second opinion on his mother's health?

8. What happens to Rama after his business goes under?

9. What does Shanta's mother know about the trip to the movies that Shanta does not?

10. Why is the astrologer so upset at the payment Guru Nayak gives him for his reading?

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