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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nataraj gain leverage in negotiations with the old moslem?
(a) He explains how many employees he has to pay.
(b) He denies the faults of the paper.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He pulls Vasu into the transaction as someone he is answerable to.

2. What was lost when Nataraj's grandmother passed away?
(a) The stories of Nataraj's grandfather, an elephant handler.
(b) The ancestral home of the family.
(c) Family unity between the five brothers and their families.
(d) All documentation of Nataraj's existence.

3. Which of the following best describes Vasu?
(a) Demanding, sincere, and strongwilled.
(b) Strong, kind, and slightly confused.
(c) Quiet, manipulative, and resentful.
(d) Loud, egotistical, and invasive.

4. What are the dynamics between Vasu and the poet?
(a) The poet refuses to hear Vasu talk.
(b) They are mutually respectful but distant.
(c) Vasu gets the poet to move from the Queen Anne chair when he arrives.
(d) They knew each other previously.

5. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?
(a) He arrives early.
(b) He misses the time agreed on for him to return, but shows up fifteen days later.
(c) He keeps his engagements.
(d) He demands an appointment immediately the first time he wanders in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?

2. What is the state of the citrus tree behind the house on Kabir Street?

3. What is it that Vasu's guest wants printed?

4. What is Nataraj's poet friend trying to accomplish?

5. What does Vasu ask of Nataraj in the attic?

(see the answer key)

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