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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 does Gupta emphasize in his meeting with Bobby?
(a) He can do much good.
(b) He is asking a great deal.
(c) He is in danger.
(d) He has a great privilege.

2. What do the Kapalikas have a reputation for?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Terror.
(c) Literature.
(d) Riches.

3. What blows out the candles during the second meeting?
(a) The initiates.
(b) A dog breathing.
(c) The priest.
(d) A wind.

4. Where is Muktananandaji's corpse painted?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The cheeks.
(c) The hands.
(d) The back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the priest cut the initiates at the second meeting?

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

3. How does Bobby describe the Indian accent?

4. At what age did Bobby's wife leave India?

5. What does Bobby do as soon as he gets to his hotel room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bobby say he can't use Muktananandaji's story for the magazine?

2. Why does Das say his work has changed since his disappearance?

3. Why does Bobby struggle with the Bengali poetry in India?

4. Why is Bobby planning to go to India?

5. What does Muktananandaji's story have to do with Das?

6. What happens after the six initiates draw straws?

7. What is Krishna upset about when he meets Bobby at the coffee shop?

8. What surprises Bobby about the statue of Kali in the museum?

9. Why is Bobby the one being sent to India?

10. How do people treat Muktananandaji after the Kapalika meeting, and why?

(see the answer keys)

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