View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Rangi come to visit Nataraj?
(a) During the celebration.
(b) At night while he is printing and the rest are sleeping.
(c) In the morning when she is leaving Vasu's room.
(d) Right before the parade.

2. Who arrives at the last moment and is able to get Kumar to stand?
(a) The doctor.
(b) A mahout.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Vasu.

3. Why does K.J. come to the press?
(a) His juice labels are long over due.
(b) To arrest Nataraj.
(c) To inform Nataraj that Kumar is healed.
(d) He is looking for Vasu.

4. What help does Nataraj seek from Sen?
(a) Nataraj asks Sen how to defeat a rakshasa.
(b) Nataraj asks Sen to help him find the doctor for Kumar.
(c) Nataraj wants Sen to give a message to Vasu.
(d) Nataraj asks Sen to act as a go between him and the lawyer.

5. What does Nataraj remove from Vasu's apartment?
(a) The green folder and the stuffed tiger cub.
(b) The gun and Rangi's food bag.
(c) Vasu's purse and the stuffed tiger cub.
(d) Rangi's food bag and the green folder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Vasu and how?

2. What is Nataraj's idea to keep Kumar safe?

3. What problem was encountered printing the poet's manuscript?

4. What does Nataraj's wife force him to do when she takes him home from the celebration?

5. Who is still good friends with Nataraj after Vasu's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Vasu's death discovered and made known?

2. What happens when Nataraj travels to Mempi with the information about the animal hospital?

3. What happens when Nataraj visits Vasu as the procession approaches?

4. Why did Muthu come to the press to visit Nataraj?

5. How is Sen able to help Nataraj?

6. What interaction to Vasu and Nataraj have after Kumar and the mahout leave Mempi?

7. Rangi and Nataraj discuss several things when she taps on the grille of the press. What do they discuss and what is their conversation like?

8. What thoughts consume Nataraj the day of the festival? What action does he take to prevent the thing he fears from happening.

9. What did the police determine killed Vasu? Who were there suspects?

10. What does Rangi's visit to Nataraj change at Nataraj's house? How?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 982 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample