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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What profession did Vasu engage in earlier in life?
(a) He was a large game safari hunter that protected travelers as they crossed wilderness.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He was a strong man that performed at markets and fairs crushing granite and bending iron.
(d) He was a monk in an isolated monastery.

3. What move was taken to preserve peace between the five brothers and their families?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Nataraj's grandfother split the family up and emptied the house.
(c) The brothers were sent in different directions to learn careers.
(d) A printing press was started to make them work together.

4. What does Vasu do for a living?
(a) Vasu is out of work.
(b) Vasu is police officer.
(c) Vasu is a hunter.
(d) Vasu is a taxidermist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?

2. What are the dynamics between Vasu and the poet?

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

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

5. Which of the following best describes a philosophy practiced by Vasu?

(see the answer key)

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