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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bobby not get from his meeting with Krishna that he hoped for?
(a) A way to convice Das.
(b) Translation.
(c) Photograph opportunities.
(d) Material for his article.

2. Why will it be hard for Bobby to find the person he wants to interview in India?
(a) He is supposedly dead.
(b) He has no address.
(c) He is in prison.
(d) He has taken a vow of silence.

3. What is the Sataphatha Brahmana?
(a) A song.
(b) A book.
(c) A symbol.
(d) A scripture.

4. Who is Vladimir Nabokov?
(a) A writer.
(b) A politician.
(c) A fabled ghost.
(d) A soldier.

5. Where does Muktananandaji say he wants to escape to?
(a) South America.
(b) Egypt.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

6. Who pays for Bobby's trip to India?
(a) A writer's agency.
(b) Harper's magazine.
(c) Bobby's father.
(d) Bobby's wife.

7. Who does Muktananandaji beg during the second meeting?
(a) The priest.
(b) Sanjay.
(c) Das.
(d) Kali.

8. What surprises Muktananandaji about the Kapalikas?
(a) They live up to their reputation.
(b) They are dignified.
(c) They are kind.
(d) They are normal people.

9. How does Muktananandaji feel as he watches a man sacrificed at the second meeting?
(a) He feels evil.
(b) He feels lucky.
(c) He feels nothing.
(d) He feels scared.

10. How did Muktananandaji's corpse die?
(a) He was beat.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He drowned.
(d) He was sick.

11. How does Bobby get from the airport to the hotel?
(a) They get on a litter.
(b) Bus.
(c) They walk.
(d) Taxi.

12. What is bobby most impressed by when he first gets to Calcutta?
(a) The colors.
(b) The lights.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The buildings.

13. Who does Bobby hope to interview in India?
(a) Kali.
(b) M. Das.
(c) Tra Mingdahl.
(d) Gandhi.

14. What does Muktananandaji beg for at the second meeting?
(a) For the ordeal to be over.
(b) To be forgiven.
(c) For the chance to see his home again.
(d) To be killed.

15. What do the initiates put in the corpse's mouths?
(a) Their beads.
(b) Their hands.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought Bobby's house for him?

2. When did Amrita see a ghost in India?

3. What kind of birds are all over at Ashutosh?

4. What brings darkness to Bobby while making love to his wife?

5. Who gets the right's to Das' work?

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