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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Vasu accuse Nataraj of?
(a) Pretending to be his friend when he was not.
(b) Turning the neighbors against him.
(c) Stealing some of his merchandise.
(d) Setting the forestry officer on him.

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

4. 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 the loss of the friendship between him and Vasu.
(d) With Vasu murdering him.

5. When Nataraj was growing up, why did his uncle give him money every day?
(a) To buy bullets to scare away the crows and squirrels.
(b) To buy sugar to feed the ants.
(c) To buy mice for the pet eagle.
(d) To make a donation to the goddess for the sacred animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the adjournment lawyer had a hard time financially?

2. How does Nataraj feel about having the taxidermy business upstairs?

3. What does Vasu do for a living?

4. What starts a friendly conversation between Nataraj and the tea-shop man?

5. In the beginning of chapter two, what are Nataraj and Sastri printing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the business transaction unfold between Nataraj and Vasu?

2. How does Vasu get along with the poet and Babu? Give examples.

3. What does Nataraj do when he has difficulty finding a puppy for the septuagenarian's grandson? How does his own son get involved?

4. What does Nataraj do early every morning?

5. Explain the transaction between Nataraj and the old Moslem.

6. What is the affair regarding the septuagenarian and a dog?

7. What does Nataraj fear that Vasu will do in order to retaliate regarding the forestry officer and what does he do about it?

8. What is in the second brown envelope that arrives for Nataraj and who is it from? What does he promise in response to it?

9. What kind of events unfold in chapter one of "The Man-eater of Malgudi?"

10. What business does Nataraj do when he is in Mempi?

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