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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Nataraj tell Vasu he must return another day to make decisions about his printing job?
(a) He didn't believe he was serious.
(b) He was in a hurry to leave.
(c) The press machine was broken.
(d) His staff was out.

3. What is the relationship like between Nataraj and his neighbors?
(a) Cold and distant.
(b) Manipulative and deceiptful.
(c) Friendly and cordial.
(d) Competitive and suspicious.

4. What does Vasu ask of Nataraj in the attic?
(a) Vasu asks Nataraj to share the fee collected from the old moslem.
(b) Vasu asks Nataraj if he can live in the attic.
(c) Vasu asks Nataraj to store his professional equipment.
(d) Vasu asks Nataraj to think of him as family.

5. How much room does Nataraj need for his printing press?
(a) A shop downtown with three rooms.
(b) The back room of the place he owns.
(c) He can just squeeze everything into the place he has.
(d) He uses the back wall of his home where he can line up the machines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj tell Vasu's friend about the printing job?

2. What is the state of the citrus tree behind the house on Kabir Street?

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

4. What is the first action of Vasu in The Man-eater of Malgudi?

5. What does Vasu receive from the forestry department?

(see the answer key)

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