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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does speaking to Vasu remind Nataraj of?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Taming a wild tiger.
(c) Speaking to his father when he was a little boy.
(d) Speaking with a foreigner.

2. Nataraj denies that Vasu is a tenant, but claims he is what?
(a) A demon.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A friend.
(d) An invader.

3. Is Vasu Nataraj's tenant?
(a) No, he isn't answerable to Nataraj.
(b) No, he doesn't pay rent despite living in the attic.
(c) Yes, he gave Natraraj a sum upfront to move in.
(d) Yes, but pays a token rent amount.

4. What does the lawyer say when Nataraj suggests they use the money he is owed to pay the court fees?
(a) That he will do so if it erases his entire debt.
(b) The money will not be enough.
(c) That it is a brilliant way of avoiding taxes.
(d) That the accounts must not be mixed.

5. What does Sen like to discuss?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Epic poetry.
(c) The mistakes of the president, Nehru.
(d) The business of the press run by Nataraj.

6. Which of the following is a phrase used to describe Vasu?
(a) Considerate to a fault.
(b) Intellectually honed.
(c) Lord of the universe.
(d) Gentle oaf.

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

8. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?
(a) Nataraj lets any passerby who needs a rest have a seat in his parlour.
(b) He decorates his parlour with pictures so people think he has a family.
(c) He keeps his printing machines in his parlour.
(d) All of the above.

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

10. What happened during the time Nataraj was studying at the Albert Mission?
(a) He had many dreams about an elephant.
(b) He was betrothed by his family to a girl he refused to marry.
(c) The Star needed a new apprentice and offered him the position.
(d) His grandfather passed away and his father inherited the ancestral home.

11. What answer does Vasu give Nataraj about whether he found a house to live in?
(a) He said his house would be available in several months.
(b) He doesn't give an answer.
(c) He is no longer looking for a house.
(d) He has a house but he rented it out for the money.

12. What did Vasu hear about when they reached Mempi?
(a) There had been a tiger prowling through town the previous night.
(b) Several poachers had been shot and killed.
(c) There was a wild elephant nearby in the jungle.
(d) The forestry service was taking the week off.

13. Which of the following best describes a philosophy practiced by Vasu?
(a) As civilized beings, it is up to us to prove our superiority to nature.
(b) Hard work pays off.
(c) Might is right.
(d) All of the above.

14. What person does Vasu bring into Nataraj's parlor?
(a) A forestry official.
(b) The prime minister.
(c) An animal trainer.
(d) His fiancee.

15. How did Kumar come to Mempi?
(a) He was left when the tea plantation closed.
(b) He was given to the temple by the estate of driver who perished on the road.
(c) He was sold to the temple by a great elephant trainer.
(d) He wandered into town with a herd of cattle from the hills when he was six months old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj suddenly fear when Vasu carelessly answers his request for money?

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

3. What interaction does Vasu have with a woman and her daughter on the roadside?

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

5. What does Vasu do for a living?

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