View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Nataraj cold looks when he runs into them on the street?
(a) The politicians.
(b) The owners of the Star.
(c) His extended family.
(d) The girl he spurned at the market.

2. Which of the following most accurately portrays the conversations between Nataraj and Vasu as of chapter two?
(a) Lengthy and thoughtful.
(b) Abrasive and slightly hostile.
(c) Succinct and professional.
(d) Personal and private.

3. Where is the office that Nataraj must visit?
(a) Over a cotton factory.
(b) In Mempi.
(c) All the way across town.
(d) Next door to the courthouse.

4. What is Nataraj's poet friend trying to accomplish?
(a) Nataraj's poet friend is documenting the life of the town in poems.
(b) Nataraj's poet friend is determined to prove Nataraj has no family.
(c) Nataraj's poet friend is writing the life of Krishna is monsyllabic verse.
(d) Nataraj's poet friend wants Nataraj to marry his sister.

5. What action does Vasu take regarding where he lives?
(a) He tries to hide his business so as to not bother anyone.
(b) He starts looking for a house.
(c) He threatens Nataraj against trying to evict him.
(d) He files a complaint against Nataraj as a landlord.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?

2. Why was the printing job Nataraj was working on when Vasu takes him away urgent?

3. How does Vasu explain the stuffed hyena?

4. What did Vasu hear about when they reached Mempi?

5. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 434 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample