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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rangi do to try to protect Kumar?
(a) She knocked Vasu on the head with the butt of his gun.
(b) She tried to seduce Vasu to distract him from the procession.
(c) She told her devout cousins about Vasu's intent, and they murdered Vasu.
(d) She put sleeping pills in Vasu's food so he would sleep through the night.

2. What is the overriding emotion in Vasu's plans to shoot Kumar?
(a) Anger.
(b) Logic.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Envy.

3. Which of the following best characterizes the effect of the police inspector on Vasu?
(a) Intimidation.
(b) Irritation.
(c) Lunacy.
(d) Fear.

4. What is the general attitude of people towards Nataraj after Vasu's death?
(a) People soon forgot the whole affair and life went back to normal.
(b) He was a town hero.
(c) People said he should be taken to jail.
(d) They avoided him.

5. What is the animal hospital like?
(a) The animal hospital is very modern and clean.
(b) The animal hospital is a wide open field with a little hut.
(c) The animal hospital is packed with animals, loud, and dirty.
(d) The animal hospital is surrounded by sacred cows being cared for.

6. What strikes Nataraj about the scene when he sees Vasu?
(a) How terrible he looks.
(b) That all his troubles are over.
(c) How his body fits in with the taxidermy.
(d) How much blood there was.

7. 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 how the printing of his book is going.
(c) Vasu wonders why he didn't receive a notice of the celebration.
(d) Vasu wants Nataraj to fix something in the attic.

8. What does Nataraj unwittingly do in the crowd at the celebration?
(a) Warn the police inspector about Vasu.
(b) Communicate in public with Rangi.
(c) Yell for Vishnu to save Kumar loud enough that everyone hears it.
(d) Scare Kumar.

9. 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.

10. When Muthu comes to the press, what is his relationship with Vasu?
(a) They are working together.
(b) He is researching a legal case against him.
(c) He has only seen him a couple times.
(d) They are no longer on speaking terms.

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

12. What does the post man tell Nataraj?
(a) That Vasu is dead.
(b) That Vasu was missing.
(c) That Vasu had shot himself.
(d) That Vasu was poisened and is in the hospital.

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

14. How have Sastri and Nataraj given themselves some peace from the hyena and prostitutes?
(a) By inviting the police inspector around for tea on a regular basis.
(b) By hanging a woven mat between them and the stairs.
(c) By finally evicting Vasu.
(d) By mending relations with Vasu.

15. What is Nataraj's intent when he goes up to Vasu's room when the procession is about to come by?
(a) To reason with Vasu.
(b) To light a fire in the attic that will make is impossible for Vasu to stay there.
(c) To attract attention so all may see who murdered Kumar.
(d) To kill Vasu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Sastri and Nataraj choose a day for the celebration?

2. What does Rangi tell Nataraj about Vasu?

3. How does Nataraj's wife change when Rangi comes to visit?

4. What does Sastri divulge about Rangi?

5. Who arrives at the last moment and is able to get Kumar to stand?

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