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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nataraj say he should have done if he cared for a peaceful existence?
(a) Reject Vasu on the first day.
(b) Negotiate with his family.
(c) Close his parlour.
(d) Run the printing press by himself.

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

3. What does Vasu bring with him when he returns from Mempi?
(a) Invitations to a procession with an elephant.
(b) The printing order from the tea-shop man.
(c) The tea-shop man.
(d) The head of a tiger.

4. What does Nataraj call Vasu?
(a) His tenant.
(b) A man-eater.
(c) The life of his office.
(d) His best friend.

5. How does Sastri change the conversation with the septuagenarian?
(a) Sastri mentions Vasu as the possible offender.
(b) Sastri demands action.
(c) Sastri knows more of the story and shares his insight.
(d) Sastri tells the old man to leave the building.

6. What does Vasu bring back to the building with him all the time after he starts going to the forest?
(a) People to look at and make offers on the stuffed tiger.
(b) Animals he has shot.
(c) Big game hunters.
(d) Friends to discuss tiger hunting.

7. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Nataraj and Sastri?
(a) Sometimes Nataraj feels like the employee instead of the employer.
(b) Sastri and Nataraj share all tasks equally.
(c) Sastri almost lives at the press because he has no family.
(d) Nataraj rules the press with an iron fist and drives Sastri hard.

8. What does the lawyer say when Nataraj suggests they use the money he is owed to pay the court fees?
(a) That the accounts must not be mixed.
(b) That it is a brilliant way of avoiding taxes.
(c) That he will do so if it erases his entire debt.
(d) The money will not be enough.

9. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?
(a) Nataraj lets any passerby who needs a rest have a seat in his parlour.
(b) He keeps his printing machines in his parlour.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He decorates his parlour with pictures so people think he has a family.

10. What had lived before in the house on Kabir street?
(a) The owner of the Star.
(b) A wealthy family that wanted Nataraj to marry their daughter.
(c) Nataraj's extended family, consisting of four uncles and their families.
(d) A taxidermist.

11. How does Nataraj fear the housing affair with Vasu will end?
(a) With him in jail and Vasu running the press as a museum.
(b) With Vasu living above the press forever.
(c) With Vasu murdering him.
(d) With the loss of the friendship between him and Vasu.

12. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?
(a) Only people on business are allowed past the curtain into the back.
(b) The curtain is often left open for conversation and light to pass.
(c) Nataraj hates the curtain but Sastri insists on keeping it up for privacy.
(d) The curtain is a barrier between two worlds and people are not invited to pass.

13. How long does Vasu say the jeep ride he takes Nataraj on will take?
(a) A couple hours.
(b) The afternoon.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Until evening.

14. How does Vasu choose the details of the printing job he wants done?
(a) Vasu chooses the most expensive of everything.
(b) Vasu chooses the cheapest of everthing.
(c) Vasu has strong likes and dislikes and knows exactly what he wants.
(d) Vasu asks Nataraj to choose for him.

15. Who comes and wants to ask Nataraj questions about Vasu?
(a) The forestry officer.
(b) The police inspector.
(c) The septuagenarian.
(d) The adjournment lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nataraj control the situation in his parlor?

2. What does Vasu do for a living?

3. Why was the printing job Nataraj was working on when Vasu takes him away urgent?

4. What starts a friendly conversation between Nataraj and the tea-shop man?

5. What does speaking to Vasu remind Nataraj of?

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