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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much room does Nataraj need for his printing press?
(a) He can just squeeze everything into the place he has.
(b) A shop downtown with three rooms.
(c) He uses the back wall of his home where he can line up the machines.
(d) The back room of the place he owns.

2. What move was taken to preserve peace between the five brothers and their families?
(a) Nataraj's grandfother split the family up and emptied the house.
(b) None of the above.
(c) A printing press was started to make them work together.
(d) The brothers were sent in different directions to learn careers.

3. What was lost when Nataraj's grandmother passed away?
(a) The ancestral home of the family.
(b) All documentation of Nataraj's existence.
(c) The stories of Nataraj's grandfather, an elephant handler.
(d) Family unity between the five brothers and their families.

4. In the beginning of chapter two, what are Nataraj and Sastri printing?
(a) The daily newspaper.
(b) Invitations to a festival.
(c) Business cards for a taxidermist.
(d) Colour labels for K.J.'s aerated drinks.

5. Who interrupts Vasu and Nataraj's conversation? What is Vasu's reaction?
(a) The poet interrupts them, and Vasu ignores him.
(b) Sastri interrupts them, and Vasu yells at him.
(c) A woman interrupts them, and Vasu falls respectfully silent when she approaches.
(d) Babu, Nataraj's son interrupts them, and Vasu brushes him off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vasu do for a living?

2. How many people work with Nataraj at his press?

3. Which of the following best describes the feelings of the poet about Vasu?

4. What is Nataraj's poet friend trying to accomplish?

5. Which of the following most accurately portrays the conversations between Nataraj and Vasu as of chapter two?

(see the answer key)

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