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

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

2. Where is the office that Nataraj must visit?
(a) Over a cotton factory.
(b) In Mempi.
(c) Next door to the courthouse.
(d) All the way across town.

3. What is the first action of Vasu in The Man-eater of Malgudi?
(a) The first action of Vasu is to threaten Nataraj.
(b) The first action of Vasu is to order a large printing job.
(c) The first action of Vasu is to show Nataraj a selection of his work.
(d) The first action of Vasu is to barge through the curtain, violating the traditions of Nataraj's press.

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

5. What had lived before in the house on Kabir street?
(a) A wealthy family that wanted Nataraj to marry their daughter.
(b) A taxidermist.
(c) The owner of the Star.
(d) Nataraj's extended family, consisting of four uncles and their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nataraj denies that Vasu is a tenant, but claims he is what?

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

3. What does Nataraj see in Vasu's room?

4. How does Vasu choose the details of the printing job he wants done?

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

(see the answer key)

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