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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. What man comes to see the astrologer as he is just about to close down for the night?
(a) The astrologer's father.
(b) The king.
(c) Guru Nayak.
(d) A random man whose name we never learn.

2. Who is Ranga?
(a) A lawyer by day, thief by night.
(b) A doctor by day, thief by night.
(c) A priest by day, thief by night.
(d) A laborer by day, thief by night.

3. How many times has Iswaren failed his exam?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) None -- he is taking it for the first time in this story.
(d) Many.

4. What is Shanta learning at school?
(a) Her alphabet.
(b) How to tell time.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Her alphabet and how to tell time.

5. How long has Thanapa been a mailman when he is first introduced in the text?
(a) A very long time.
(b) This is a trick question; he is actually a butcher.
(c) This is a trick question; he is not a mailman.
(d) Not long at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ramanujan?

2. Why does Kannan decide he can gamble?

3. What does the old man end up using to leash the dog by the end of the story?

4. How does the talkative man reach the village with the tiger?

5. Who is the author of "Malgudi Days"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the lady of the house compare Atilla to a detective instead of a watchdog?

2. What act finally causes Swami to get caned by his teacher?

3. What ultimately happens to the lost boy that Raman befriends?

4. What is ironic about the final name change of the street that the talkative man has his house on?

5. Why is everyone so afraid of Soma's statue of the god?

6. How does the reader know how much time passes during "The Axe"?

7. What acts of violence do the hippie and the cobbler confess to committing?

8. Why is the astrologer so upset at the payment Guru Nayak gives him for his reading?

9. What act of courtesy do the wreckers extend to Velan?

10. What makes Iswaren demoralized in "Iswaren"?

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