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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nataraj gain leverage in negotiations with the old moslem?
(a) He pulls Vasu into the transaction as someone he is answerable to.
(b) He denies the faults of the paper.
(c) He explains how many employees he has to pay.
(d) None of the above.

2. How does Nataraj get back to town?
(a) He is given a lift by the doctor.
(b) Vasu offers him a ride.
(c) Another eight hour bus ride.
(d) He rides on Kumar with the mahout.

3. How does Nataraj return to Malgudi from Mempi?
(a) By taxi.
(b) The tea-shop man gets him a ride with a relative.
(c) Vasu drives him back.
(d) An eight hour bus ride on credit.

4. What does Vasu come to talk to Nataraj about?
(a) Vasu wonders if he can use some of the outdoor space of the press for storage.
(b) Vasu wonders why he didn't receive a notice of the celebration.
(c) Vasu wants Nataraj to fix something in the attic.
(d) Vasu wonders how the printing of his book is going.

5. After the court summons, what is the next thing official thing to arrive for Nataraj in a brown envelope?
(a) A notice of complaints from municipal authority about the sanitation of the tanning business at the press.
(b) The notice of a new date for the court hearing.
(c) A bill from the lawyer for an extravagant amount of money.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vasu offer Nataraj when he hears of the celebration, and what is Nataraj's reaction?

2. How do Sen and the poet react when Vasu comes into the parlor?

3. What undertaking does Vasu take over from the unwilling Nataraj for the celebration?

4. What interaction does Vasu have with a woman and her daughter on the roadside?

5. Does Nataraj have a family of his own?

(see the answer key)

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