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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Star?
(a) The restaurant on the corner.
(b) The epic poem of Krishna.
(c) The newspaper Nataraj prints.
(d) The newspaper printed right next door.

2. What advice does Nataraj receive about Vasu?
(a) All of the above.
(b) That he should ask him to leave.
(c) That he is dangerous and he should proceed with caution.
(d) That nothing would be resolved without a fight.

3. What does Nataraj ask Vasu for at the tea-shop in Mempi?
(a) To be left alone.
(b) Money to buy something to eat.
(c) To take him back to Malgudi.
(d) To save the village from the tiger.

4. What does Nataraj say he should have done if he cared for a peaceful existence?
(a) Run the printing press by himself.
(b) Close his parlour.
(c) Negotiate with his family.
(d) Reject Vasu on the first day.

5. How does Nataraj feel about having the taxidermy business upstairs?
(a) He wishes he could create such life like creations.
(b) He thinks it is sort of neat but dislikes the smell.
(c) None of the above.
(d) It horrifies him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sen like to discuss?

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

4. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?

5. When Nataraj was growing up, why did his uncle give him money every day?

(see the answer key)

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