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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Muthu comes to the press, what is his relationship with Vasu?
(a) He is researching a legal case against him.
(b) He has only seen him a couple times.
(c) They are working together.
(d) They are no longer on speaking terms.

2. How have Sastri and Nataraj given themselves some peace from the hyena and prostitutes?
(a) By finally evicting Vasu.
(b) By inviting the police inspector around for tea on a regular basis.
(c) By hanging a woven mat between them and the stairs.
(d) By mending relations with Vasu.

3. Where does Nataraj know the unexpected visitor from in the beginning of chapter seven?
(a) He is the police inspector from the bus.
(b) He is the tea-shop man from Mempi.
(c) He is a second cousin.
(d) He is the adjournment lawyer's assistant.

4. How do the poet, Sastri, and Nataraj spend the night prior to the parade?
(a) Collecting money.
(b) Printing a copy of the poet's book.
(c) Finding ways to save Kumar.
(d) Printing labels for fruit juice.

5. What does Nataraj's wife force him to do when she takes him home from the celebration?
(a) Tell her what's going on.
(b) Confront Vasu.
(c) See a doctor.
(d) Eat and sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj try to do for the poet?

2. How do Sastri and Nataraj choose a day for the celebration?

3. What is the result of the police inspector's attempt to disarm Vasu?

4. How does Nataraj's wife feel about Rangi coming to see Nataraj at home?

5. Who killed Vasu and how?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the celebration that is planned, and who is planning it?

3. What happens between Vasu and Nataraj with Vasu's purse?

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

5. What is the night and morning before the celebration like for Nataraj?

6. How did the police investigation turn out? What was the common belief about Vasu's death?

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 happens when Nataraj enters Vasu's apartment after hearing about his death?

10. What is the final interaction that Nataraj has with the adjournment lawyer? How is this different than the previous ones?

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