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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the dynamics between Vasu and the poet?
(a) They knew each other previously.
(b) They are mutually respectful but distant.
(c) The poet refuses to hear Vasu talk.
(d) Vasu gets the poet to move from the Queen Anne chair when he arrives.

2. What does Nataraj admire about Vasu even when they are no longer friends?
(a) His independence.
(b) His work ethic and success as a taxidermist.
(c) His strength of character and ability to pursue his own will.
(d) His confidence in the face of danger.

3. What activity does Vasu start to engage in as his poaching becomes more difficult?
(a) Vasu starts yelling and threatening the neighborhood children.
(b) Vasu starts bullying people for money.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Vasu starts bringing women to the apartment.

4. What does Nataraj worry Vasu will do?
(a) Take Babu hostage for ransom.
(b) Bring live animals back to the attic.
(c) Shoot more sacred animals just to make Nataraj angry.
(d) Legally take the attic from him.

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

6. What does Nataraj use his parlor for?
(a) He keeps his printing machines in his parlour.
(b) He decorates his parlour with pictures so people think he has a family.
(c) Nataraj lets any passerby who needs a rest have a seat in his parlour.
(d) All of the above.

7. What misunderstanding occurs between Vasu and Nataraj?
(a) Nataraj printed the wrong information on the cards.
(b) Vasu expects the cards to be delivered and Nataraj waits for him to pick them up.
(c) Vasu returns expecting his cards to be done, but he still needs to choose type and stationary.
(d) Vasu thinks the cards are a fraction of their real price.

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

9. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?
(a) He keeps his engagements.
(b) He arrives early.
(c) He misses the time agreed on for him to return, but shows up fifteen days later.
(d) He demands an appointment immediately the first time he wanders in.

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

11. What action does Nataraj take regarding Vasu?
(a) He decides make Vasu's life difficult and hope he leaves.
(b) He summons the police to evict him.
(c) He pins a note on his door asking him to come talk to him, then tells him he needs the room.
(d) He confronts Vasu and tells him he must leave in a week.

12. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Nataraj and Sastri?
(a) Nataraj rules the press with an iron fist and drives Sastri hard.
(b) Sastri and Nataraj share all tasks equally.
(c) Sastri almost lives at the press because he has no family.
(d) Sometimes Nataraj feels like the employee instead of the employer.

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

14. In the beginning of chapter two, what are Nataraj and Sastri printing?
(a) Business cards for a taxidermist.
(b) Invitations to a festival.
(c) The daily newspaper.
(d) Colour labels for K.J.'s aerated drinks.

15. How does Nataraj control the situation in his parlor?
(a) He doesn't, he lets it unfold as it will.
(b) He sends Vasu out on frequent errands.
(c) He removes the Queen Anne chair.
(d) He defends Sen and the poet all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the feelings of the poet about Vasu?

2. What does Vasu bring with him when he returns from Mempi?

3. Why must Nataraj stay hidden behind his blue curtain while the court is in session?

4. What does Nataraj promise the sanitary inspector from the health department?

5. What does Nataraj say about Vasu's proposal in the attic?

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