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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people work with Nataraj at his press?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Just one, an old man called Sastri.
(c) Nataraj worked with his whole family at the press.
(d) A foreman, an office boy, a compositor, a binder and an accountant.

3. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Nataraj and Sastri?
(a) Sometimes Nataraj feels like the employee instead of the employer.
(b) Sastri almost lives at the press because he has no family.
(c) Sastri and Nataraj share all tasks equally.
(d) Nataraj rules the press with an iron fist and drives Sastri hard.

4. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?
(a) Nataraj lets any passerby who needs a rest have a seat in his parlour.
(b) He decorates his parlour with pictures so people think he has a family.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He keeps his printing machines in his parlour.

5. Who does Nataraj run into that helps him with his situation?
(a) The adjournment lawyer for whom he printed wedding invitations.
(b) The police inspector he met on the bus.
(c) The tea-shop man.
(d) The forestry official.

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

7. When Nataraj was growing up, why did his uncle give him money every day?
(a) To buy sugar to feed the ants.
(b) To buy bullets to scare away the crows and squirrels.
(c) To make a donation to the goddess for the sacred animals.
(d) To buy mice for the pet eagle.

8. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?
(a) The curtain is a barrier between two worlds and people are not invited to pass.
(b) Nataraj hates the curtain but Sastri insists on keeping it up for privacy.
(c) Only people on business are allowed past the curtain into the back.
(d) The curtain is often left open for conversation and light to pass.

9. What is Nataraj working on when Vasu wants to take him on a jeep ride?
(a) The daily edition of the Star.
(b) Labels for aerated soda.
(c) Wedding invitations for the adjournment lawyer.
(d) Goldent Thoughts

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

11. What is Nataraj's reaction to the problem the septuagenarian presents?
(a) Nataraj tells him that it's not his problem.
(b) Nataraj vows to help him.
(c) Nataraj wishes he would just go away.
(d) Nataraj is deeply moved by the old man's plight.

12. What does Nataraj do early every morning?
(a) Visit the elephant.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Bathe and wash his clothes in the river.
(d) Collect news stories for the paper.

13. What is the first action of Vasu in The Man-eater of Malgudi?
(a) The first action of Vasu is to barge through the curtain, violating the traditions of Nataraj's press.
(b) The first action of Vasu is to threaten Nataraj.
(c) The first action of Vasu is to show Nataraj a selection of his work.
(d) The first action of Vasu is to order a large printing job.

14. What does Vasu want printed?
(a) Business cards and letterhead.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Fliers about a festival.
(d) Advertisements for his business services.

15. What person does Vasu bring into Nataraj's parlor?
(a) The prime minister.
(b) His fiancee.
(c) An animal trainer.
(d) A forestry official.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old Moslem tell Nataraj about his paper?

2. What does Nataraj suddenly fear when Vasu carelessly answers his request for money?

3. How does Nataraj feel about the enmity between him and Vasu?

4. What does Nataraj worry Vasu will do?

5. What had lived before in the house on Kabir street?

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