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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. Who does Raju request be sent to the temple?
(a) The parents.
(b) The village leaders.
(c) The school master.
(d) The children.

2. What did Raju's father purchase to go with the jutka?
(a) A money bag.
(b) A basket.
(c) A farm pen.
(d) A horse.

3. 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 week.
(c) Two rupees a day.
(d) Two rupees a month.

4. What industrial progress was finally made in Chapter 3?
(a) Cars made an appearance in the streets.
(b) An assembly line began in the factory.
(c) The cotton gin was used.
(d) The railway was finished.

5. What did the groom offer to buy for Raju's father?
(a) A new rug.
(b) A lamp light.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Horse grain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Raju and Velan meet, who does Velan say is causing him problems?

2. Where does the original conversation in Chapter 4 take place?

3. How many trains entered the railway station daily?

4. Why does Raju stay involved with the villagers?

5. What activity did Raju and his father share?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did the railway play in Raju's family?

2. How does Raju advance his character's transformation in Chapter 4?

3. What raised Marco's estimation of Raju?

4. Why does Raju avoid Velan's sister's wedding?

5. How was Raju always able to offer his customers an answer?

6. How were Raju's business tactics influenced by his father?

7. Why was Raju given his nickname at the railway?

8. Why did Raju say he didn't grow up like other normal people?

9. Why was it significant that the author had Raju's father die in the rainy season?

10. How does the structure of the writing style in Chapter 1 portray the inner workings of the protagonist's mind?

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