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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Raju do with the gift Velan gives him as an offering?
(a) Refuses to accept it.
(b) Accepts it with gratitude.
(c) Throws it in the river.
(d) Turns it over to the gods.

2. Why are the villagers not sending their children to school?
(a) They need them to tend to the cattle.
(b) They need them to pick crops.
(c) They do not have a school teacher.
(d) They are opposed to education.

3. What state did Raju's father's death leave for Raju's mother?
(a) She was a financially comfortable widow.
(b) She was left with money she didn't know her husband had.
(c) She had the means to get by, but it is sparse
(d) She was left with nothing and must move in with Raju.

4. Who is looking for Raju at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Velan.
(c) The sheep herder's uncle.
(d) The temple gardener.

5. What did Marco investigate on his trip?
(a) Classical art.
(b) River patterns.
(c) Cave paintings.
(d) Social customs.

6. How many trains entered the railway station daily?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

7. What does the barber deduce about Raju?
(a) He recently left jail.
(b) He left his wife.
(c) He was in an accident.
(d) He robbed a man.

8. Why did Raju's father punish him by the railway?
(a) He punched another child.
(b) He tried to run away.
(c) He stole from the railway.
(d) He used foul language.

9. Where did Raju learn the story that he tells Velan in the temple?
(a) From his mother.
(b) From his cousin.
(c) From his father.
(d) From his grandmother.

10. Before joining Raju on the steps of the temple, what does Velan do?
(a) Wash in the river.
(b) Introduce himself.
(c) Pick berries for them to share.
(d) Ask Raju's permission to join him.

11. Who speaks first in Chapter 1?
(a) Raju.
(b) Velan.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Marco.

12. Where do Raju and Marco meet?
(a) In jail.
(b) At the market.
(c) At the barber shop.
(d) At the railway station.

13. What life decision did Raju need to make in Chapter 3?
(a) Whether or not to get married.
(b) Whether or not to return to school.
(c) Whether or not to leave home.
(d) Whether or not to change careers.

14. What lesson did Raju learn around the railway?
(a) Where to hide at the station.
(b) Conning money out of passengers.
(c) Anticipating the passengers' needs.
(d) How to sneak onto a train without passage.

15. What nickname did Raju have at the railway?
(a) Railway Raj.
(b) Rail-Raj.
(c) Raju of the Rails.
(d) Railway Raju.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Velan out of town?

2. Where did Raju meet Rosie?

3. Why did Raju like adding to his inventory at the store?

4. Where did Raju focus his attention for the business after his father passed?

5. What was Raju's punishment from his father?

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