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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What activity does Vasu start to engage in as his poaching becomes more difficult?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Vasu starts bringing women to the apartment.
(c) Vasu starts bullying people for money.
(d) Vasu starts yelling and threatening the neighborhood children.

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

4. 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 anticipate Vasu's arrival and are despondent without him.
(c) Sen and the poet argue incessantly with Vasu.
(d) Sen and the poet try to leave when Vasu comes.

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

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

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

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

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) His staff was out.
(d) He didn't believe he was serious.

10. What does Nataraj tell Vasu's friend about the printing job?
(a) That it will be expensive to print.
(b) That there is a long waiting period to get things printed.
(c) That he needs to be paid up front.
(d) To make careful final revisions and then bring it back.

11. What stories does Sastri tell Nataraj?
(a) Sastri tells stories of how rakshasas bring down those of great might.
(b) Sastri tells stories about how to kill a rakshasa.
(c) Sastri tells stories about men who don't know their own powers.
(d) Sastri tells Nataraj about the falls of many seemingly invincible rakshasas.

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

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

14. Who does Nataraj run into that helps him with his situation?
(a) The forestry official.
(b) The tea-shop man.
(c) The adjournment lawyer for whom he printed wedding invitations.
(d) The police inspector he met on the bus.

15. What problem does the septuagenarian bring to Nataraj?
(a) He is afraid of Vasu's violence.
(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) The odor of Vasu's work is hurting his lungs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lawyer say when Nataraj suggests they use the money he is owed to pay the court fees?

2. What is Nataraj working on when Vasu wants to take him on a jeep ride?

3. Who interrupts Vasu and Nataraj's conversation? What is Vasu's reaction?

4. How does Vasu end up in Nataraj's attic?

5. What starts a friendly conversation between Nataraj and the tea-shop man?

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