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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vasu say when Sen criticizes Nehru?
(a) Vasu tells Sen that Vasu himself could do a better job being prime minister.
(b) Vasu tells Sen that if he is wiser than Nehru he should go try to be prime minister.
(c) Vasu agrees wholeheartedly with Sen's criticism.
(d) Vasu tells Sen that Nehru always does the right thing.

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

3. What does Vasu ask of Nataraj in the attic?
(a) Vasu asks Nataraj if he can live in the attic.
(b) Vasu asks Nataraj to think of him as family.
(c) Vasu asks Nataraj to share the fee collected from the old moslem.
(d) Vasu asks Nataraj to store his professional equipment.

4. Is Vasu Nataraj's tenant?
(a) Yes, he gave Natraraj a sum upfront to move in.
(b) No, he doesn't pay rent despite living in the attic.
(c) No, he isn't answerable to Nataraj.
(d) Yes, but pays a token rent amount.

5. What profession did Vasu engage in earlier in life?
(a) None of the above.
(b) He was a large game safari hunter that protected travelers as they crossed wilderness.
(c) He was a strong man that performed at markets and fairs crushing granite and bending iron.
(d) He was a monk in an isolated monastery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj ask Vasu for at the tea-shop in Mempi?

2. Why has the adjournment lawyer had a hard time financially?

3. What move was taken to preserve peace between the five brothers and their families?

4. What is the relationship between Nataraj and Vasu like for a couple weeks after the court summons?

5. What does Nataraj have stashed away up in his attic that he wishes to be rid of?

(see the answer key)

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