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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much room does Nataraj need for his printing press?
(a) A shop downtown with three rooms.
(b) The back room of the place he owns.
(c) He can just squeeze everything into the place he has.
(d) He uses the back wall of his home where he can line up the machines.

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

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

4. What does Vasu want printed?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Business cards and letterhead.
(c) Advertisements for his business services.
(d) Fliers about a festival.

5. Does Nataraj have a family of his own?
(a) Yes, he has a wife and a son.
(b) No, his closest family is a brother that lives nearby.
(c) No, he was raised an orphan and never married.
(d) Yes, his four sons have recently married.

6. What does Nataraj do early every morning?
(a) Collect news stories for the paper.
(b) Visit the elephant.
(c) Bathe and wash his clothes in the river.
(d) None of the above.

7. Why must Nataraj stay hidden behind his blue curtain while the court is in session?
(a) So no one will interrupt his work.
(b) Because the laywer has filed a petition to delay his summons saying he is out of town.
(c) So Sastri can screen his visitors.
(d) So that Vasu will not know he is there.

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

9. Why does Nataraj tell Vasu he must return another day to make decisions about his printing job?
(a) He was in a hurry to leave.
(b) The press machine was broken.
(c) He didn't believe he was serious.
(d) His staff was out.

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

11. Which of the following best describes the feelings of the poet about Vasu?
(a) Admiring.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Scornful.
(d) Intimidated.

12. Why was the printing job Nataraj was working on when Vasu takes him away urgent?
(a) The wedding was in two weeks.
(b) The order was already late.
(c) The daily edition had to be printed early in the day.
(d) It was for a very influential person.

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

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

15. How do Sen and the poet react when Vasu comes into the parlor?
(a) Sen and the poet talk for hours with Vasu about his past.
(b) Sen and the poet argue incessantly with Vasu.
(c) Sen and the poet try to leave when Vasu comes.
(d) Sen and the poet anticipate Vasu's arrival and are despondent without him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Nataraj and Sastri?

3. How long does Vasu say the jeep ride he takes Nataraj on will take?

4. How does Nataraj feel about having the taxidermy business upstairs?

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

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