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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 save the village from the tiger.
(d) To take him back to Malgudi.

3. Which of the following best describes a philosophy practiced by Vasu?
(a) Might is right.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Hard work pays off.
(d) As civilized beings, it is up to us to prove our superiority to nature.

4. Which of the following is a phrase used to describe Vasu?
(a) Lord of the universe.
(b) Intellectually honed.
(c) Gentle oaf.
(d) Considerate to a fault.

5. What new problem brought on by Vasu bothers Sastri at the press?
(a) The sound of Vasu's heavy boots pacing back and forth.
(b) A stuffed hyena at the bottom of the stairs.
(c) Vasu driving away Sen and the poet.
(d) All of the above.

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

7. What person does Vasu bring into Nataraj's parlor?
(a) A forestry official.
(b) The prime minister.
(c) His fiancee.
(d) An animal trainer.

8. What makes Vasu change and become soft and agreeable?
(a) The presence of an official.
(b) When everyone compliments him.
(c) When Nataraj threatens to evict him.
(d) The presence of women.

9. What does Vasu say when Sen criticizes Nehru?
(a) Vasu tells Sen that Vasu himself could do a better job being prime minister.
(b) Vasu tells Sen that Nehru always does the right thing.
(c) Vasu tells Sen that if he is wiser than Nehru he should go try to be prime minister.
(d) Vasu agrees wholeheartedly with Sen's criticism.

10. What does Vasu bring with him when he returns from Mempi?
(a) The head of a tiger.
(b) The printing order from the tea-shop man.
(c) The tea-shop man.
(d) Invitations to a procession with an elephant.

11. Who does Nataraj consult to help decide what to do about Vasu?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Kavi, the poet.
(c) His wife.
(d) Sen.

12. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?
(a) Content, kind, and hard working.
(b) Frivolous and vain.
(c) Ambitious and driven.
(d) Emotional and easy to manipulate.

13. How does Vasu explain the stuffed hyena?
(a) Vasu claims the stuffed hyena was a give from his master.
(b) Vasu claims the stuffed hyena belongs to Nataraj.
(c) Vasu says the hyena came from another forest years ago.
(d) Vasu claims to have shot the hyena on the street in front of the house.

14. What is the relationship between Nataraj and Vasu like for a couple weeks after the court summons?
(a) They engage in sabotaging each other's lives.
(b) They leave each other entirely alone.
(c) They have an argument and then re-establish peace.
(d) They often fight in public.

15. Why was Nataraj a little disappointed that Vasu was not drunk during the jeep ride to Mempi?
(a) He was hoping to stop at a bar for a drink himself.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He was hoping that Vasu would fall asleep in Mempi.
(d) It was worse that Vasu would conduct himself the way he did dead sober.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nataraj call Vasu?

3. What is the Star?

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

5. What does Vasu bring back to the building with him all the time after he starts going to the forest?

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