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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nataraj ask Vasu for at the tea-shop in Mempi?
(a) Money to buy something to eat.
(b) To save the village from the tiger.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) To take him back to Malgudi.

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

3. How does Nataraj return to Malgudi from Mempi?
(a) An eight hour bus ride on credit.
(b) Vasu drives him back.
(c) The tea-shop man gets him a ride with a relative.
(d) By taxi.

4. What does Nataraj say about Vasu's proposal in the attic?
(a) Nataraj debates carefully and decided the extra income would be beneficial.
(b) Nataraj is against the idea.
(c) Nataraj never answers but Vasu moves in anyway.
(d) Nataraj is ecstatic about his friend having a reason to be there more often.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the septuagenarian react when he hears Sastri's information?

2. What does Vasu want Nataraj to do for him?

3. What action does Vasu take regarding where he lives?

4. Which of the following best characterizes the effect of the police inspector on Vasu?

5. Who comes and wants to ask Nataraj questions about Vasu?

(see the answer key)

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