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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?
(a) The curtain is often left open for conversation and light to pass.
(b) Only people on business are allowed past the curtain into the back.
(c) The curtain is a barrier between two worlds and people are not invited to pass.
(d) Nataraj hates the curtain but Sastri insists on keeping it up for privacy.

2. What stories does Sastri tell Nataraj?
(a) Sastri tells stories about how to kill a rakshasa.
(b) Sastri tells Nataraj about the falls of many seemingly invincible rakshasas.
(c) Sastri tells stories about men who don't know their own powers.
(d) Sastri tells stories of how rakshasas bring down those of great might.

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

4. Why does the adjournment lawyer owe Nataraj?
(a) Nataraj lent him money.
(b) He has not yet paid for the wedding invitations.
(c) He is Nataraj's tenent.
(d) None of the above.

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

6. Who does Nataraj run into that helps him with his situation?
(a) The adjournment lawyer for whom he printed wedding invitations.
(b) The police inspector he met on the bus.
(c) The tea-shop man.
(d) The forestry official.

7. How does Nataraj feel about the enmity between him and Vasu?
(a) He misses Vasu's rough friendship.
(b) It consumes him and makes him feel like a child.
(c) He wishes he could re-establish cordiality.
(d) All of the above.

8. What does Vasu receive from the forestry department?
(a) A big game hunting license.
(b) A warning about trespassing into the forest.
(c) A book of forestry rules.
(d) A permit to go into forest and shoot duck and deer.

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

10. What does Nataraj do early every morning?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Collect news stories for the paper.
(c) Bathe and wash his clothes in the river.
(d) Visit the elephant.

11. Where is the village of Mempi?
(a) At the edge of the jungle.
(b) At the foot of a great mountain range.
(c) All of the above.
(d) A three hour jeep ride from Malgudi.

12. What is the state of the citrus tree behind the house on Kabir Street?
(a) It was a great producer, but now only occasionally produces a couple fruits.
(b) It is withered and never bears any fruit.
(c) Its produces an abundant crop that tastes bitter.
(d) It is flourishing.

13. What interaction does Vasu have with a woman and her daughter on the roadside?
(a) He tries to persuade the woman and her daughter to join him and Nataraj in the jeep.
(b) He stops the car and helps the women tie up a bundle on a horse that has fallen off.
(c) He aims the jeep at them and swerves at the last moment, laughing at their fright.
(d) He grabs some snacks the poor woman was peddling and leaves without paying.

14. What does the lawyer say when Nataraj suggests they use the money he is owed to pay the court fees?
(a) That he will do so if it erases his entire debt.
(b) The money will not be enough.
(c) That it is a brilliant way of avoiding taxes.
(d) That the accounts must not be mixed.

15. How does Nataraj fear the housing affair with Vasu will end?
(a) With Vasu living above the press forever.
(b) With him in jail and Vasu running the press as a museum.
(c) With Vasu murdering him.
(d) With the loss of the friendship between him and Vasu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Star?

3. Which of the following best describes Vasu's presence in the parlor?

4. Which of the following does Vasu accuse Nataraj of?

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

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