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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Nataraj and Vasu like for a couple weeks after the court summons?
(a) They have an argument and then re-establish peace.
(b) They engage in sabotaging each other's lives.
(c) They often fight in public.
(d) They leave each other entirely alone.

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

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

4. How does Sastri change the conversation with the septuagenarian?
(a) Sastri mentions Vasu as the possible offender.
(b) Sastri knows more of the story and shares his insight.
(c) Sastri tells the old man to leave the building.
(d) Sastri demands action.

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

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

7. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Nataraj and Sastri?
(a) Nataraj rules the press with an iron fist and drives Sastri hard.
(b) Sastri almost lives at the press because he has no family.
(c) Sastri and Nataraj share all tasks equally.
(d) Sometimes Nataraj feels like the employee instead of the employer.

8. What does Vasu receive from the forestry department?
(a) A warning about trespassing into the forest.
(b) A big game hunting license.
(c) A book of forestry rules.
(d) A permit to go into forest and shoot duck and deer.

9. What is the Star?
(a) The newspaper Nataraj prints.
(b) The epic poem of Krishna.
(c) The newspaper printed right next door.
(d) The restaurant on the corner.

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

11. What does Nataraj worry Vasu will do?
(a) Bring live animals back to the attic.
(b) Take Babu hostage for ransom.
(c) Shoot more sacred animals just to make Nataraj angry.
(d) Legally take the attic from him.

12. What starts a friendly conversation between Nataraj and the tea-shop man?
(a) The tea-shop man needs to print some fliers.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The feast that Vasu has paid for.
(d) Both have been slighted by Vasu.

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

14. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?
(a) Only people on business are allowed past the curtain into the back.
(b) The curtain is a barrier between two worlds and people are not invited to pass.
(c) The curtain is often left open for conversation and light to pass.
(d) Nataraj hates the curtain but Sastri insists on keeping it up for privacy.

15. How does Nataraj control the situation in his parlor?
(a) He doesn't, he lets it unfold as it will.
(b) He removes the Queen Anne chair.
(c) He defends Sen and the poet all the time.
(d) He sends Vasu out on frequent errands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vasu ask of Nataraj in the attic?

2. What are the dynamics between Vasu and the poet?

3. What does Vasu want printed?

4. What does Nataraj see in Vasu's room?

5. How many people work with Nataraj at his press?

(see the answer keys)

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