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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 cope with K.J.?
(a) Nataraj asks K.J. for a donation towards the festival, and he gets uncomfortable and leaves.
(b) Nataraj presents a bill to K.J. for overdue services.
(c) Nataraj has Sastri tell K.J. that Nataraj hasn't been in the press for two days.
(d) Nataraj returns K.J.'s money and tells him to take his business elsewhere.

2. What does Vasu bring back to the building with him all the time after he starts going to the forest?
(a) Friends to discuss tiger hunting.
(b) People to look at and make offers on the stuffed tiger.
(c) Animals he has shot.
(d) Big game hunters.

3. What does Vasu want printed?
(a) Fliers about a festival.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Business cards and letterhead.
(d) Advertisements for his business services.

4. What does Nataraj have stashed away up in his attic that he wishes to be rid of?
(a) Old newspapers, magazines and other waste paper.
(b) Scorpions and snakes.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Several animals stuffed by a taxidermist.

5. Who currently lives in the house on Kabir Street?
(a) The owners of the Star.
(b) Nataraj, his wife, and son Babu.
(c) A famous elephant trainer.
(d) Just Nataraj.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nataraj return to Malgudi from Mempi?

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

3. What is Nataraj working on when Vasu wants to take him on a jeep ride?

4. What does Nataraj call Vasu?

5. What is Nataraj's reaction to the problem the septuagenarian presents?

(see the answer key)

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