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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) Their famous painting.
(c) Jewels.
(d) A TV.

2. Why does Govind Singh retire?
(a) Because his vision is declining.
(b) Because his hearing is declining.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Because his hearing and vision are both declining.

3. What government wants to nationalize the street names in "Lawley Road"?
(a) The municipal government.
(b) The federal government.
(c) The state government.
(d) No government -- it's just a group of citizens who want to make the change.

4. How does Atilla react to Ranga?
(a) He wakes up the rest of the family.
(b) He is so old and deaf that he doesn't even hear him.
(c) He attacks him viciously.
(d) He is friendly and follows him home.

5. Who is Rao Venkat?
(a) Shanta's father.
(b) Shanta's grandfather.
(c) Shanta's mother.
(d) Shanta's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What test taker number is Iswaren?

3. What happens to Soma's house after he shows people the statue?

4. Where does the talkative man acquire his engine?

5. In what region is the village the talkative man goes to visit when he encounters the tiger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why must Sambu meet with the tufted-beard man even though he doesn't want to?

4. Why is the talkative man unable to run over the swami?

5. Why does Raman think Daisy may have left him?

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

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

8. What identifies Ranga as the thief?

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

10. What makes Iswaren demoralized in "Iswaren"?

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