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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of chapter two, what are Nataraj and Sastri printing?
(a) The daily newspaper.
(b) Business cards for a taxidermist.
(c) Colour labels for K.J.'s aerated drinks.
(d) Invitations to a festival.

2. Does Nataraj have a family of his own?
(a) Yes, his four sons have recently married.
(b) No, his closest family is a brother that lives nearby.
(c) Yes, he has a wife and a son.
(d) No, he was raised an orphan and never married.

3. What is Nataraj's poet friend trying to accomplish?
(a) Nataraj's poet friend is documenting the life of the town in poems.
(b) Nataraj's poet friend is determined to prove Nataraj has no family.
(c) Nataraj's poet friend is writing the life of Krishna is monsyllabic verse.
(d) Nataraj's poet friend wants Nataraj to marry his sister.

4. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?
(a) Content, kind, and hard working.
(b) Frivolous and vain.
(c) Emotional and easy to manipulate.
(d) Ambitious and driven.

5. Who interrupts Vasu and Nataraj's conversation? What is Vasu's reaction?
(a) Sastri interrupts them, and Vasu yells at him.
(b) Babu, Nataraj's son interrupts them, and Vasu brushes him off.
(c) A woman interrupts them, and Vasu falls respectfully silent when she approaches.
(d) The poet interrupts them, and Vasu ignores him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?

2. What is the Star?

3. What does Nataraj answer when Vasu asks him how many people he employs in his press?

4. What misunderstanding occurs between Vasu and Nataraj?

5. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?

(see the answer key)

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