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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. How does the talkative man first try to take down the statue of Frederick Lawley?
(a) By rope.
(b) By sheer muscle.
(c) By hacksaw.
(d) By chainsaw.

2. What is the tiger known for?
(a) Foreshadowing death.
(b) Being lucky.
(c) Eating humans.
(d) Talking to people in their dreams.

3. Why does Rama Rao and his family have to move out of their home?
(a) Because the house is infested with rats.
(b) So they can go live undercover.
(c) So they can flee the country.
(d) So they can rent it for income.

4. What action of Govind Singh's attracts a police officer's attention?
(a) He throws a rock at a street light.
(b) He is running through the streets, screaming.
(c) He is out with a lot of women one night.
(d) He is dressed very, very oddly.

5. What causes the riot that affects Rama's business?
(a) Political unrest.
(b) A religious procession.
(c) A fire.
(d) A serial killer on the loose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stories are in "Malgudi Days"?

2. On what street does Rama have his business?

3. What makes Raju try to return the stolen purse?

4. What does Swami's father call him when he returns home from school?

5. What reason does Swami give his dad for not wanting to go to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rama Rao plan to do with the money he gets from selling his home?

2. What gifts does Rao plan to bring to the woman he slapped nearly 50 years ago?

3. Why is Rao so frustrated when he gets home after Shanta is sleeping?

4. What kind of relationship do Mohan and Selvi have?

5. How does the talkative man know how to fend the man-eating tiger off?

6. Why does Kannan take his son's money?

7. Why does Raju pick the man in the green blazer to target?

8. Why is Raju wearing the clothes he is in "Trail of the Green Blazer"?

9. Why does Thanappa hide some of the mail for Ramanujan's family?

10. What eventually happens to the statue of Frederick Lawley?

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