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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. Where does Raju follow the man in the green jacket?
(a) Around the airport.
(b) Around the bank.
(c) Around the town fair.
(d) Around the town shopping mall.

2. What does Iswaren's family think about his passing the exam?
(a) That he will never pass it.
(b) That it doesn't matter because they bribed the test proctor to pass him anyway.
(c) That he will pass it with no problems.
(d) They don't know that he is trying to take it.

3. What is a sadhu?
(a) A religious hermit.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) A scribe.
(d) A traveling doctor.

4. From whom does the dog initially defend the blind man?
(a) The corrupt police.
(b) An abusive teenager.
(c) His abusive wife.
(d) A group of thugs.

5. How long does it take Gopal to become ill?
(a) Not very long at all; he gets sick quite suddenly.
(b) A very long time.
(c) It takes him several weeks.
(d) He doesn't get ill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does it take for things to settle down before Rama can try to reopen his business?

3. Where is Raju finally able to pick the pocket of the man in the green blazer?

4. What is the first job Velan gets after leaving his hometown?

5. Whose death causes the blind man to put a rope on the dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rama Rao plan to do with the money he gets from selling his home?

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

3. Why does Dr. Raman always tell the truth to patients, no matter how hard it may be for them to hear?

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

5. What leads to Iswaren's death?

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

7. What acts of violence do the hippie and the cobbler confess to committing?

8. What does the cobra symbolize in "The Snake-Song"?

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

10. Why does the talkative man end up quitting music?

(see the answer keys)

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