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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. After the court summons, what is the next thing official thing to arrive for Nataraj in a brown envelope?
(a) A bill from the lawyer for an extravagant amount of money.
(b) None of the above.
(c) A notice of complaints from municipal authority about the sanitation of the tanning business at the press.
(d) The notice of a new date for the court hearing.

2. 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 leave each other entirely alone.
(d) They engage in sabotaging each other's lives.

3. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?
(a) He keeps his engagements.
(b) He misses the time agreed on for him to return, but shows up fifteen days later.
(c) He demands an appointment immediately the first time he wanders in.
(d) He arrives early.

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

5. What is the relationship like between Nataraj and his neighbors?
(a) Competitive and suspicious.
(b) Manipulative and deceiptful.
(c) Friendly and cordial.
(d) Cold and distant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?

2. What does Nataraj say he should have done if he cared for a peaceful existence?

3. How does Nataraj return to Malgudi from Mempi?

4. What profession did Vasu engage in earlier in life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nataraj fear that Vasu will do in order to retaliate regarding the forestry officer and what does he do about it?

2. How are the relationships Nataraj has with the people around him?

3. How does Vasu get along with the poet and Babu? Give examples.

4. What does Vasu receive in the mail from the forestry department, and what is his reaction to it?

5. Where does Nataraj seek help in resolving his legal affairs?

6. What happens when Vasu returns, and what does he want to show Nataraj?

7. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living upstairs?

8. Explain how Vasu arranges to move into Nataraj's attic.

9. Explain the relationship developing in chapter two between Vasu and Nataraj. What are their interactions like?

10. What happened to the transaction with the client that Nataraj left waiting when he left with Vasu?

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