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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rangi tell Nataraj about Vasu?
(a) Vasu is very ill.
(b) Vasu plans to shoot Kumar at the parade.
(c) Vasu is planning on keeping the celebration money.
(d) Vasu is slowly going crazy.

2. What does Nataraj wonder about his wife and Babu on the day of the celebration?
(a) If Vasu might kidnap them and hold them ransom.
(b) If they appreciate all the work he did.
(c) If he should make them stay home so they will be safe.
(d) All of the above.

3. What does Nataraj first credit the tapping on the grill he hears to?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Vasu.
(c) A faulty mechanism in the press.
(d) The hyena.

4. Who is Kumar?
(a) The temple elephant.
(b) The mayor of Mempi.
(c) An elephant trainer of great repute.
(d) A wild elephant that has been seen around town.

5. What does Nataraj offer Muthu right away when he recognizes him?
(a) To live in his house.
(b) To pay for the tea and buns he ate in Mempi.
(c) To send money.
(d) To answer his questions about Vasu.

6. How is Thanappa, the postman, different than usual the morning after the procession?
(a) He is full of gossip about the temple and the poem.
(b) He usually chats for half hour before leaving the mail, but this morning he is all business.
(c) He is could and disdainful to Nataraj.
(d) He is very late from sleeping in because he stayed up all night.

7. What sends Nataraj scurrying out of Vasu's room as the procession passes?
(a) Vasu's rage.
(b) The horror at what he just did.
(c) Concern for the crowd below.
(d) An alarm clock.

8. What does Vasu come to talk to Nataraj about?
(a) Vasu wonders if he can use some of the outdoor space of the press for storage.
(b) Vasu wonders why he didn't receive a notice of the celebration.
(c) Vasu wonders how the printing of his book is going.
(d) Vasu wants Nataraj to fix something in the attic.

9. What is the debate at Mempi regarding Kumar?
(a) The debate is about whether or not they can trust Nataraj.
(b) The debate is whether to make Kumar walk, sick as he is, to the doctor.
(c) The debate is over what to do about Vasu.
(d) The debate is over how much money the temple can spend on Kumar.

10. When Muthu comes to the press, what does he ask Nataraj for help with?
(a) Printing festival fliers.
(b) Getting into Vasu's apartment.
(c) Finding a doctor for Kumar.
(d) Framing Vasu.

11. Who arrives at the last moment and is able to get Kumar to stand?
(a) Vasu.
(b) A mahout.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The doctor.

12. What was the result from the coroner regarding Vasu's death?
(a) He was poisened.
(b) It was self inflicted.
(c) It was of natural causes.
(d) It was caused by a concussion on the right frontal lobe.

13. What does Nataraj speak with the adjournment lawyer about in their last conversation?
(a) Nataraj wants to know what he can do to protect himself against slander.
(b) Nataraj demands the lawyer pay his printing debt.
(c) Nataraj wants the lawyer to defend him against criminal accusations.
(d) None of the above.

14. Why does K.J. come to the press?
(a) His juice labels are long over due.
(b) He is looking for Vasu.
(c) To arrest Nataraj.
(d) To inform Nataraj that Kumar is healed.

15. What does Nataraj try to do for the poet?
(a) Nataraj tries to convince the poet to write another book.
(b) Nataraj invites the poet to move into the attic.
(c) Nataraj tries to give the poet the stuffed tiger cub.
(d) Nataraj tries to print a delux version of the poets book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nataraj know the unexpected visitor from in the beginning of chapter seven?

2. What was the town saying about Nataraj after Vasu's death?

3. How does Nataraj cope with K.J.?

4. How do Nataraj and Sastri raise money for the celebration?

5. What does Nataraj's wife do when interviewed by the police?

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