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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detail does Bobby omit when he is talking to Singh?
(a) He knows Krishna.
(b) He gave Das a pistol.
(c) He met Muktananadaji.
(d) He saw Das.

2. Who does Don Warden work for?
(a) The International Airport.
(b) The Indian Department of Mysteries.
(c) The US Embassy.
(d) The Inspector's Society.

3. How did Das end up drowning?
(a) He was pushed into the river.
(b) He fainted in the tub.
(c) He fell off a bridge.
(d) He was committing suicide.

4. What kinds of songs does Das want to hear Tangore pupils sing?
(a) Songs of violence.
(b) Songs of anger.
(c) Songs of understanding.
(d) Songs of peace.

5. What bothers Gupta about Bobby getting the manuscript?
(a) He was not given a duplicate.
(b) He did not get to look at it first.
(c) He was not in control of the situation.
(d) He did not see Das.

6. What study of Stephen Hawking does Amrita study?
(a) Fuel alternatives.
(b) Black holes.
(c) Economic theories.
(d) Atmospheres.

7. What reminds Bobby of Kali at the end of the book?
(a) Amrita's voice.
(b) All music.
(c) His nightmares.
(d) His writing.

8. What gift does Das give Bobby?
(a) A statue of Kali.
(b) A physicians handbook.
(c) A plane ticket to London.
(d) An autographed book of poems.

9. What is the dark room covered in?
(a) Black netting.
(b) Black pain.
(c) Nails.
(d) Pictures.

10. What sits on the table in the black room?
(a) A vial of blood.
(b) Bobby's book.
(c) A statue of Kali.
(d) Das' book.

11. What statue is in Das's room the second time Bobby see him?
(a) A portrait of Gandhi.
(b) A statue of Buddha.
(c) The statue of Kali.
(d) Bobby's book.

12. Where does Amrita want to take Bobby when he gets home from India?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A hotel.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) A restaurant.

13. How does Bobby describe the Kali poem to Das?
(a) All of these.
(b) Memorable.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Terrible.

14. What does Das say most people are motivated by?
(a) All of these.
(b) Good intentions.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

15. How long is Das's manuscript?
(a) 600 pages.
(b) 300 pages.
(c) 500 pages.
(d) 400 pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tagore think his life is meant to do?

2. How much does Bobby pay to get onto a free taxi?

3. How does Chatterjee feel when Krishna talks about Tagore?

4. What writer does Bobby compare Das to?

5. What does Das call Kali?

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