1. How do Sen and the poet react when Vasu comes into the parlor?
(a) Sen and the poet anticipate Vasu's arrival and are despondent without him.
(b) Sen and the poet try to leave when Vasu comes.
(c) Sen and the poet talk for hours with Vasu about his past.
(d) Sen and the poet argue incessantly with Vasu.

2. What is the relationship between Nataraj and Vasu like for a couple weeks after the court summons?
(a) They often fight in public.
(b) They have an argument and then re-establish peace.
(c) They engage in sabotaging each other's lives.
(d) They leave each other entirely alone.

3. What does Nataraj say about Vasu's proposal in the attic?
(a) Nataraj is ecstatic about his friend having a reason to be there more often.
(b) Nataraj never answers but Vasu moves in anyway.
(c) Nataraj is against the idea.
(d) Nataraj debates carefully and decided the extra income would be beneficial.

4. What problem was encountered printing the poet's manuscript?
(a) They had misplaced the original manuscript.
(b) They did not have the special binding to present the work to the temple.
(c) They ran out of black ink and had to use magenta.
(d) They ran out of the letters K and R.

5. What is a rakshasa?
(a) A situation in which the person with true power is left powerless in the face of a lesser power with more conviction.
(b) A man-eating tiger.
(c) A small weasel like predator in the Mempi forest.
(d) A demoniac creature with strange powers that recognizes no restraints of man or God.