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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 item does Ranga steal from the family?
(a) Their car.
(b) A TV.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Their famous painting.

2. How does the astrologer's wife respond to his tale of nearly killing someone?
(a) She divorces him.
(b) She is mad that he didn't finish the job.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She faints.

3. How long does the dog hang around the market before it meets the blind man?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 1 year.

4. What does the talkative man lecture the villagers on?
(a) How to use fertilizer.
(b) What his figurines represent.
(c) Why his clothes are semi-waterproof.
(d) How his medicines can cure all kinds of ills.

5. From whom does the blind man get the rope that he uses on the dog?
(a) The old woman.
(b) A family member.
(c) The dog himself.
(d) A fellow merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Rama spend each day in supplies?

2. Who is Atilla named after?

3. What damage does the falling tree do to Soma's beloved statue?

4. Who is Rao Venkat?

5. From whom does the dog initially defend the blind man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Iyer lose his confidence while standing up to the newcomer on the train?

2. What happens when the necklace is found in "Leela's Friend"?

3. What does Kannan know he will fight about with his wife when he returns from gambling?

4. Why is Raju wearing the clothes he is in "Trail of the Green Blazer"?

5. Why is Rao so frustrated when he gets home after Shanta is sleeping?

6. What is ironic about the final name change of the street that the talkative man has his house on?

7. How does the talkative man know how to fend the man-eating tiger off?

8. How does the astrologer know so much about Guru Nayak when he comes to have his horoscope read?

9. Why does Swami feel the need to make up such a complicated story about why he doesn't want to go to school?

10. What is the exorcist most interested in?

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