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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vasu bring with him when he returns from Mempi?
(a) Invitations to a procession with an elephant.
(b) The head of a tiger.
(c) The printing order from the tea-shop man.
(d) The tea-shop man.

2. What does Nataraj see in Vasu's room?
(a) The head of an elephant.
(b) Many stuffed animals, including his own cat.
(c) Decaying skins piled in a corner.
(d) The tiger skin laid out and ready for stuffing.

3. What new problem brought on by Vasu bothers Sastri at the press?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Vasu driving away Sen and the poet.
(c) The sound of Vasu's heavy boots pacing back and forth.
(d) A stuffed hyena at the bottom of the stairs.

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

5. What interaction does Vasu have with a woman and her daughter on the roadside?
(a) He grabs some snacks the poor woman was peddling and leaves without paying.
(b) He stops the car and helps the women tie up a bundle on a horse that has fallen off.
(c) He aims the jeep at them and swerves at the last moment, laughing at their fright.
(d) He tries to persuade the woman and her daughter to join him and Nataraj in the jeep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj think about Vasu's friend's printing job?

2. What does Nataraj worry Vasu will do?

3. What does Nataraj say about Vasu's proposal in the attic?

4. How do Sastri and Nataraj choose a day for the celebration?

5. Which of the following most accurately portrays the conversations between Nataraj and Vasu as of chapter two?

(see the answer key)

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