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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 is the name of the teacher Swami complains about?
(a) Raj.
(b) Nadine.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Priti.

2. Where does Raju go to see how much money he has stolen?
(a) Onto a separate subway car.
(b) Behind an office building.
(c) Into the forest.
(d) Behind a nearby well.

3. How does the talkative man first try to move the engine?
(a) With elephants and muscle power.
(b) With music.
(c) With keys, even though they are the wrong ones.
(d) With magic.

4. Where does the talkative man first try to keep his engine?
(a) Way out in the country where no one can find it.
(b) In city hall.
(c) On the town fairgrounds.
(d) At the town library.

5. Where does Iswaren go to see a movie?
(a) The Palace Talkies.
(b) The Bengalore Big Screen 15.
(c) The Metreon.
(d) The Cina Cinaplex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the astrologer set up his shop?

2. What is a sadhu?

3. Who buys the property Velan has worked on for years and years?

4. How does the talkative man acquire his engine?

5. Why does Atilla's family buy a puppy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must the accountant open Govind Singh's letter?

2. Why is Ramanujan so strict about sticking to one particular date for Kamakshi's wedding?

3. What act finally causes Swami to get caned by his teacher?

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

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

6. Why is everyone so afraid of Soma's statue of the god?

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

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

9. What gifts does Rao plan to bring to the woman he slapped nearly 50 years ago?

10. What is the exorcist most interested in?

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