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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tea-shop man carefully tend in Mempi?
(a) The animal population in the forest.
(b) A tame tiger kept in a kennel.
(c) The shrine of the goddess protecting drivers.
(d) His tea plantation.

2. What is it that Vasu's guest wants printed?
(a) A book of a collection of philosophical ideas and virtues.
(b) A flier for a festival.
(c) Forestry rules and regulations.
(d) Posters about poaching.

3. What does Nataraj call Vasu?
(a) His best friend.
(b) A man-eater.
(c) The life of his office.
(d) His tenant.

4. What is the state of the citrus tree behind the house on Kabir Street?
(a) It was a great producer, but now only occasionally produces a couple fruits.
(b) Its produces an abundant crop that tastes bitter.
(c) It is withered and never bears any fruit.
(d) It is flourishing.

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

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

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

8. What is Nataraj's reaction to the problem the septuagenarian presents?
(a) Nataraj tells him that it's not his problem.
(b) Nataraj is deeply moved by the old man's plight.
(c) Nataraj vows to help him.
(d) Nataraj wishes he would just go away.

9. What is Nataraj's poet friend trying to accomplish?
(a) Nataraj's poet friend wants Nataraj to marry his sister.
(b) Nataraj's poet friend is writing the life of Krishna is monsyllabic verse.
(c) Nataraj's poet friend is determined to prove Nataraj has no family.
(d) Nataraj's poet friend is documenting the life of the town in poems.

10. In chapter one, what part of the life Nataraj lives do we see?
(a) We see what Nataraj's life is normally like.
(b) We see the relationships Nataraj has with other people.
(c) We see the history of the house on Kabir Street.
(d) All of the above.

11. What problem does the septuagenarian bring to Nataraj?
(a) The odor of Vasu's work is hurting his lungs.
(b) He is trying to rent a room in his home but no-one will rent near Vasu.
(c) His grandson's dog had been shot.
(d) He is afraid of Vasu's violence.

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

13. How does Vasu choose the details of the printing job he wants done?
(a) Vasu chooses the most expensive of everything.
(b) Vasu asks Nataraj to choose for him.
(c) Vasu chooses the cheapest of everthing.
(d) Vasu has strong likes and dislikes and knows exactly what he wants.

14. What does Nataraj see in Vasu's room?
(a) Many stuffed animals, including his own cat.
(b) The head of an elephant.
(c) Decaying skins piled in a corner.
(d) The tiger skin laid out and ready for stuffing.

15. After the court summons, what is the next thing official thing to arrive for Nataraj in a brown envelope?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The notice of a new date for the court hearing.
(c) A bill from the lawyer for an extravagant amount of money.
(d) A notice of complaints from municipal authority about the sanitation of the tanning business at the press.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Vasu explain the stuffed hyena?

3. What new problem brought on by Vasu bothers Sastri at the press?

4. What advice does Nataraj receive about Vasu?

5. What was lost when Nataraj's grandmother passed away?

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