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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While preparing for the celebration, how do Sastri and Nataraj keep up with work?
(a) They hire extra help.
(b) They work late every day on juice lables.
(c) All of the above.
(d) They send all their customers next door to The Star.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rangi say about her whereabouts the night of the procession?

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

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

4. What does Nataraj first credit the tapping on the grill he hears to?

5. What did the police find that they tried to discover the origins of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Nataraj visits Vasu as the procession approaches?

2. What does Rangi's visit to Nataraj change at Nataraj's house? How?

3. Describe the uncomfortable interaction between Nataraj and the poet when Nataraj sees the poet passes by the fountain.

4. What happens when Nataraj enters Vasu's apartment after hearing about his death?

5. How is Sen able to help Nataraj?

6. What happens between Vasu and Nataraj with Vasu's purse?

7. What is the celebration that is planned, and who is planning it?

8. What interaction to Vasu and Nataraj have after Kumar and the mahout leave Mempi?

9. What happens when the group with the police inspector go to visit Vasu?

10. Why did Muthu come to the press to visit Nataraj?

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