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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the groom offer to pay Raju's father for the use of his equipment?
(a) Two rupees a year.
(b) Two rupees a month.
(c) Two rupees a week.
(d) Two rupees a day.

2. Where did Raju meet Rosie?
(a) At his mother's house.
(b) At the train station.
(c) At the hotel.
(d) At the market.

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

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

5. What did Raju promise his mother when he took on his new job?
(a) He would always provide for her.
(b) She could visit him at his new job.
(c) She would never have to worry again.
(d) He would still look after the railway shop.

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

7. Which perspective is used to tell the story at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Raju's past tense view.
(b) Velan's view.
(c) The omniscient narrator.
(d) Raju's present tense view.

8. Where does the original conversation in Chapter 4 take place?
(a) By the river bed.
(b) At the ancient temple.
(c) At Velan's home.
(d) In the market place.

9. What solution does the school master offer to the children's unwillingness to attend the temple?
(a) He suggests they forget trying to force the children to be educated.
(b) He suggests he go to the children individually.
(c) He suggests Raju speak to them.
(d) He suggests they meet in town.

10. Who do the children convince to accompany them to the temple?
(a) The village officials.
(b) Children from a neighboring village.
(c) The village elders.
(d) Their parents.

11. Why will the children not go to the temple?
(a) They do not want to be educated.
(b) They are afraid of Raju.
(c) Their parents will not allow it.
(d) They are afraid of crocodiles.

12. What kept Raju's father from returning for dinner nightly when Raju was young?
(a) Tending the the animals.
(b) An affair.
(c) Talking with friends.
(d) Drinking in town.

13. What activity does Raju think classifies him as "night guide to the skies"?
(a) Giving direction by the stars.
(b) Identifying constellations.
(c) Counting the stars.
(d) Studying the moon phases.

14. What does Raju offer the boy by the river?
(a) A mango.
(b) A plantain.
(c) An apple.
(d) A kiwi.

15. Why was Velan out of town?
(a) He was conducting business.
(b) He was seeking medicine.
(c) He was visiting the carnival.
(d) He was visiting family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Raju's father treat the station master?

2. What does Raju's role become at the temple?

3. What town had Velan been visiting before meeting Raju?

4. What did Raju's father purchase to go with the jutka?

5. What does Velan's sister claim Raju has to do to change someone?

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