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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 is Nataraj's reaction to the problem the septuagenarian presents?
(a) Nataraj vows to help him.
(b) Nataraj wishes he would just go away.
(c) Nataraj is deeply moved by the old man's plight.
(d) Nataraj tells him that it's not his problem.

2. What is a rakshasa?
(a) A man-eating tiger.
(b) A demoniac creature with strange powers that recognizes no restraints of man or God.
(c) A small weasel like predator in the Mempi forest.
(d) A situation in which the person with true power is left powerless in the face of a lesser power with more conviction.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much room does Nataraj need for his printing press?

2. What is the state of the citrus tree behind the house on Kabir Street?

3. What happened during the time Nataraj was studying at the Albert Mission?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Nataraj goes into the attic with Vasu, what does he see? What transpires then between Vasu and Nataraj?

5. What is the friendship between Vasu and Nataraj like after Nataraj tells Vasu he will need the attic?

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

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

8. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living upstairs?

9. What is the financial situation between Nataraj and the adjournment lawyer?

10. What is the purpose of the blue curtain separating the two rooms of the printing press, and why is this important to Nataraj?

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