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

2. What is the relationship like between Nataraj and his neighbors?
(a) Cold and distant.
(b) Manipulative and deceiptful.
(c) Friendly and cordial.
(d) Competitive and suspicious.

3. What does the tea-shop man carefully tend in Mempi?
(a) His tea plantation.
(b) A tame tiger kept in a kennel.
(c) The animal population in the forest.
(d) The shrine of the goddess protecting drivers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sastri change the conversation with the septuagenarian?

2. Who currently lives in the house on Kabir Street?

3. What advice does Nataraj receive about Vasu?

4. What does Vasu say when Sen criticizes Nehru?

5. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Nataraj and Sastri?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living in the attic as he observes him practicing his profession? Why?

2. What happens when the forestry officer comes to the press looking for Vasu?

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

4. Where does Nataraj seek help in resolving his legal affairs?

5. Explain the relationship developing in chapter two between Vasu and Nataraj. What are their interactions like?

6. What does Vasu receive in the mail from the forestry department, and what is his reaction to it?

7. Who does Vasu bring to the press to meet Nataraj, and what happens?

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

9. How are the relationships Nataraj has with the people around him?

10. Explain how Vasu arranges to move into Nataraj's attic.

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