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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. What problem was encountered printing the poet's manuscript?
(a) They did not have the special binding to present the work to the temple.
(b) They had misplaced the original manuscript.
(c) They ran out of black ink and had to use magenta.
(d) They ran out of the letters K and R.

2. What does Rangi tell Nataraj about her future with Vasu?
(a) He has paid her in advance for her services for an entire year.
(b) They have no future plans and she will no longer come to him.
(c) Vasu has proposed marriage to her.
(d) He is going to take her away to Bombay where she will cook for him.

3. How do Nataraj and Sastri raise money for the celebration?
(a) They sell copies of the book.
(b) They ask for donations.
(c) They charge Vasu rent.
(d) Nataraj charges extra on all printing jobs.

4. What help does Nataraj seek from Sen?
(a) Nataraj asks Sen to act as a go between him and the lawyer.
(b) Nataraj asks Sen to help him find the doctor for Kumar.
(c) Nataraj asks Sen how to defeat a rakshasa.
(d) Nataraj wants Sen to give a message to Vasu.

5. 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) None of the above.
(d) Nataraj wants the lawyer to defend him against criminal accusations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj's wife force him to do when she takes him home from the celebration?

2. How do the poet, Sastri, and Nataraj spend the night prior to the parade?

3. What is the result of the police inspector's attempt to disarm Vasu?

4. What undertaking does Vasu take over from the unwilling Nataraj for the celebration?

5. Why can't they change the path of the procession to avoid going by Vasu's window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nataraj's first plan to keep Vasu from shooting Kumar?

2. What did the police determine killed Vasu? Who were there suspects?

3. How does Sastri say that demons usually meet their demise?

4. Rangi and Nataraj discuss several things when she taps on the grille of the press. What do they discuss and what is their conversation like?

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

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

7. What day do they choose for the celebration, and how do they choose it?

8. What does Sastri learn from Rangi about how Vasu died?

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

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

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