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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nataraj do early every morning?
(a) Collect news stories for the paper.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Bathe and wash his clothes in the river.
(d) Visit the elephant.

2. What does the tea-shop man carefully tend in Mempi?
(a) The shrine of the goddess protecting drivers.
(b) His tea plantation.
(c) The animal population in the forest.
(d) A tame tiger kept in a kennel.

3. In chapter one, what part of the life Nataraj lives do we see?
(a) We see what Nataraj's life is normally like.
(b) We see the relationships Nataraj has with other people.
(c) All of the above.
(d) We see the history of the house on Kabir Street.

4. What starts a friendly conversation between Nataraj and the tea-shop man?
(a) The tea-shop man needs to print some fliers.
(b) The feast that Vasu has paid for.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Both have been slighted by Vasu.

5. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?
(a) Ambitious and driven.
(b) Emotional and easy to manipulate.
(c) Content, kind, and hard working.
(d) Frivolous and vain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vasu choose the details of the printing job he wants done?

2. What does Vasu do in the village of Mempi?

3. How does Vasu end up in Nataraj's attic?

4. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?

5. How does Nataraj gain leverage in negotiations with the old moslem?

(see the answer key)

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