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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Rangi come to visit Nataraj?
(a) During the celebration.
(b) At night while he is printing and the rest are sleeping.
(c) In the morning when she is leaving Vasu's room.
(d) Right before the parade.

2. What is a rakshasa?
(a) A demoniac creature with strange powers that recognizes no restraints of man or God.
(b) A small weasel like predator in the Mempi forest.
(c) A man-eating tiger.
(d) A situation in which the person with true power is left powerless in the face of a lesser power with more conviction.

3. What stories does Sastri tell Nataraj?
(a) Sastri tells stories of how rakshasas bring down those of great might.
(b) Sastri tells Nataraj about the falls of many seemingly invincible rakshasas.
(c) Sastri tells stories about how to kill a rakshasa.
(d) Sastri tells stories about men who don't know their own powers.

4. What help does Nataraj seek from Sen?
(a) Nataraj asks Sen how to defeat a rakshasa.
(b) Nataraj asks Sen to help him find the doctor for Kumar.
(c) Nataraj asks Sen to act as a go between him and the lawyer.
(d) Nataraj wants Sen to give a message to Vasu.

5. What does Vasu bring back to the building with him all the time after he starts going to the forest?
(a) Friends to discuss tiger hunting.
(b) Big game hunters.
(c) People to look at and make offers on the stuffed tiger.
(d) Animals he has shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strikes Nataraj about the scene when he sees Vasu?

2. What date do Nataraj and Sastri choose for the celebration?

3. What does Vasu say when Sen criticizes Nehru?

4. What does Nataraj have stashed away up in his attic that he wishes to be rid of?

5. What does Nataraj promise the Septuagenaraian in order to appease him?

(see the answer key)

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