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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 is planning on keeping the celebration money.
(c) Vasu is slowly going crazy.
(d) Vasu plans to shoot Kumar at the parade.

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

3. How does Nataraj cope with K.J.?
(a) Nataraj presents a bill to K.J. for overdue services.
(b) Nataraj asks K.J. for a donation towards the festival, and he gets uncomfortable and leaves.
(c) Nataraj returns K.J.'s money and tells him to take his business elsewhere.
(d) Nataraj has Sastri tell K.J. that Nataraj hasn't been in the press for two days.

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

5. How do Sastri and Nataraj choose a day for the celebration?
(a) They ask when Kumar will be available.
(b) They get an astrologer to fix the date.
(c) They choose day the press will be closed.
(d) They choose the day of the Goddess.

6. How does Nataraj's wife change when Rangi comes to visit?
(a) She finally stands up to Nataraj and forbids Rangi to enter.
(b) She realizes the urgency of the situation around Kumar.
(c) She is jealous and starts fawning attention on Nataraj.
(d) She turns cold to Nataraj and stops tending him to go to the celebration.

7. What does Vasu leave in Nataraj's possession after their discussion about money?
(a) His car.
(b) His purse.
(c) A stack of crisp hundredd rupee bills.
(d) A letter from his bank.

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

9. What does Nataraj's wife force him to do when she takes him home from the celebration?
(a) Tell her what's going on.
(b) See a doctor.
(c) Eat and sleep.
(d) Confront Vasu.

10. 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 full of gossip about the temple and the poem.
(c) He is could and disdainful to Nataraj.
(d) He usually chats for half hour before leaving the mail, but this morning he is all business.

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

12. What did the police find that they tried to discover the origins of?
(a) The tiger skins.
(b) The food Rangi had brought Vasu.
(c) Vasu's guns.
(d) The money Vasu had collected for the procession.

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

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

15. What is the result of the police inspector's attempt to disarm Vasu?
(a) The inspector has a dislocated wrist, Vasu has his guns and a broken bed.
(b) Vasu swears retribution on Nataraj and his friends.
(c) The inspector manages to take a gun, but Vasu as an illegal one still hidden in the room.
(d) Vasu laughs at the inspector and brushes him off.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is still good friends with Nataraj after Vasu's death?

3. What help does Nataraj seek from Sen?

4. When does Rangi come to visit Nataraj?

5. Which of the following best characterizes the effect of the police inspector on Vasu?

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