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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vasu do for a living?
(a) Vasu is out of work.
(b) Vasu is a taxidermist.
(c) Vasu is a hunter.
(d) Vasu is police officer.

2. What had lived before in the house on Kabir street?
(a) The owner of the Star.
(b) A wealthy family that wanted Nataraj to marry their daughter.
(c) Nataraj's extended family, consisting of four uncles and their families.
(d) A taxidermist.

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

4. Who currently lives in the house on Kabir Street?
(a) Just Nataraj.
(b) A famous elephant trainer.
(c) Nataraj, his wife, and son Babu.
(d) The owners of the Star.

5. Which of the following does Vasu accuse Nataraj of?
(a) Pretending to be his friend when he was not.
(b) Setting the forestry officer on him.
(c) Turning the neighbors against him.
(d) Stealing some of his merchandise.

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

7. How does Nataraj fear the housing affair with Vasu will end?
(a) With the loss of the friendship between him and Vasu.
(b) With Vasu living above the press forever.
(c) With him in jail and Vasu running the press as a museum.
(d) With Vasu murdering him.

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

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

10. What misunderstanding occurs between Vasu and Nataraj?
(a) Nataraj printed the wrong information on the cards.
(b) Vasu thinks the cards are a fraction of their real price.
(c) Vasu expects the cards to be delivered and Nataraj waits for him to pick them up.
(d) Vasu returns expecting his cards to be done, but he still needs to choose type and stationary.

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

12. What action does Nataraj take regarding Vasu?
(a) He decides make Vasu's life difficult and hope he leaves.
(b) He summons the police to evict him.
(c) He confronts Vasu and tells him he must leave in a week.
(d) He pins a note on his door asking him to come talk to him, then tells him he needs the room.

13. How does Vasu explain the stuffed hyena?
(a) Vasu claims the stuffed hyena belongs to Nataraj.
(b) Vasu claims to have shot the hyena on the street in front of the house.
(c) Vasu says the hyena came from another forest years ago.
(d) Vasu claims the stuffed hyena was a give from his master.

14. 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.

15. Which of the following best describes Vasu's presence in the parlor?
(a) Uncomfortable and awkward.
(b) Dominating and loud.
(c) Argumentative and intellectual.
(d) Fun and rambuctious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship like between Nataraj and his neighbors?

2. Why does Nataraj feel silly in Mempi?

3. Which of the following best describes a philosophy practiced by Vasu?

4. Where is the office that Nataraj must visit?

5. Why was Nataraj a little disappointed that Vasu was not drunk during the jeep ride to Mempi?

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