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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 take him back to Malgudi.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) To save the village from the tiger.

2. How does Nataraj gain leverage in negotiations with the old moslem?
(a) He pulls Vasu into the transaction as someone he is answerable to.
(b) He denies the faults of the paper.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He explains how many employees he has to pay.

3. What stories does Sastri tell Nataraj?
(a) Sastri tells stories of how rakshasas bring down those of great might.
(b) Sastri tells Nataraj about the falls of many seemingly invincible rakshasas.
(c) Sastri tells stories about how to kill a rakshasa.
(d) Sastri tells stories about men who don't know their own powers.

4. What problem does the septuagenarian bring to Nataraj?
(a) The odor of Vasu's work is hurting his lungs.
(b) His grandson's dog had been shot.
(c) He is trying to rent a room in his home but no-one will rent near Vasu.
(d) He is afraid of Vasu's violence.

5. What does Vasu do in the village of Mempi?
(a) Jump into his jeep and head into the jungle, leaving Nataraj stranded.
(b) Buy Nataraj a whole feast.
(c) Summon the elephant with a great horn.
(d) Defend the village homes from the prowling tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer does Vasu give Nataraj about whether he found a house to live in?

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

3. What is it that Vasu's guest wants printed?

4. How do Sastri and Nataraj choose a day for the celebration?

5. How does Nataraj fear the housing affair with Vasu will end?

(see the answer key)

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