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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the printing job Nataraj was working on when Vasu takes him away urgent?
(a) The wedding was in two weeks.
(b) The daily edition had to be printed early in the day.
(c) The order was already late.
(d) It was for a very influential person.

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

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

4. What does the old Moslem tell Nataraj about his paper?
(a) He should store it differently.
(b) He does not want it.
(c) It is the best in the neighborhood.
(d) It is too old and completely brown.

5. How does Nataraj feel about having the taxidermy business upstairs?
(a) He thinks it is sort of neat but dislikes the smell.
(b) He wishes he could create such life like creations.
(c) It horrifies him.
(d) None of the above.

6. In chapter one, what part of the life Nataraj lives do we see?
(a) All of the above.
(b) We see the history of the house on Kabir Street.
(c) We see the relationships Nataraj has with other people.
(d) We see what Nataraj's life is normally like.

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

8. Does Nataraj have a family of his own?
(a) Yes, his four sons have recently married.
(b) No, he was raised an orphan and never married.
(c) No, his closest family is a brother that lives nearby.
(d) Yes, he has a wife and a son.

9. What does Sen like to discuss?
(a) The mistakes of the president, Nehru.
(b) The business of the press run by Nataraj.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Epic poetry.

10. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Nataraj and Sastri?
(a) Sastri and Nataraj share all tasks equally.
(b) Sometimes Nataraj feels like the employee instead of the employer.
(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.

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

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

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

14. Why does the adjournment lawyer owe Nataraj?
(a) He has not yet paid for the wedding invitations.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Nataraj lent him money.
(d) He is Nataraj's tenent.

15. What is the relationship between Nataraj and Vasu like for a couple weeks after the court summons?
(a) They have an argument and then re-establish peace.
(b) They often fight in public.
(c) They engage in sabotaging each other's lives.
(d) They leave each other entirely alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What person does Vasu bring into Nataraj's parlor?

2. What is the first action of Vasu in The Man-eater of Malgudi?

3. What does Nataraj say about Vasu's proposal in the attic?

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

5. Why does Nataraj tell Vasu he must return another day to make decisions about his printing job?

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