View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the court summons, what is the next thing official thing to arrive for Nataraj in a brown envelope?
(a) A notice of complaints from municipal authority about the sanitation of the tanning business at the press.
(b) The notice of a new date for the court hearing.
(c) A bill from the lawyer for an extravagant amount of money.
(d) None of the above.

2. What does Vasu receive from the forestry department?
(a) A warning about trespassing into the forest.
(b) A permit to go into forest and shoot duck and deer.
(c) A book of forestry rules.
(d) A big game hunting license.

3. What does Nataraj worry Vasu will do?
(a) Bring live animals back to the attic.
(b) Take Babu hostage for ransom.
(c) Shoot more sacred animals just to make Nataraj angry.
(d) Legally take the attic from him.

4. How do Sen and the poet react when Vasu comes into the parlor?
(a) Sen and the poet argue incessantly with Vasu.
(b) Sen and the poet talk for hours with Vasu about his past.
(c) Sen and the poet anticipate Vasu's arrival and are despondent without him.
(d) Sen and the poet try to leave when Vasu comes.

5. What does Nataraj say he should have done if he cared for a peaceful existence?
(a) Negotiate with his family.
(b) Close his parlour.
(c) Reject Vasu on the first day.
(d) Run the printing press by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nataraj control the situation in his parlor?

2. Who comes and wants to ask Nataraj questions about Vasu?

3. What problem was encountered printing the poet's manuscript?

4. What emotion does Nataraj experience while actually printing the book for the poet?

5. How does Sastri change the conversation with the septuagenarian?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 384 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample