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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. How do Sen and the poet react when Vasu comes into the parlor?
(a) Sen and the poet try to leave when Vasu comes.
(b) Sen and the poet anticipate Vasu's arrival and are despondent without him.
(c) Sen and the poet talk for hours with Vasu about his past.
(d) Sen and the poet argue incessantly with Vasu.

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

3. What does Nataraj promise the sanitary inspector from the health department?
(a) That his neighbors had made up their accusations.
(b) That he had no power to solve the situation.
(c) That he was not the party to blame.
(d) That he would move the tanning business.

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

5. What does Nataraj suddenly fear when Vasu carelessly answers his request for money?
(a) That he would starve to death.
(b) That he wouln't make it home in time for his appointment.
(c) That maybe Vasu was abducting him for ransom.
(d) That Vasu had forgotten that they were friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj see in Vasu's room?

2. Is Vasu Nataraj's tenant?

3. How does Vasu explain the stuffed hyena?

4. What does Vasu ask of Nataraj in the attic?

5. What does Nataraj answer when Vasu asks him how many people he employs in his press?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Rangi, and how do Sastri and Nataraj cross paths with her? What does Nataraj surmise when he starts seeing her?

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

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

5. What is the story of the house on Kabir Street?

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

7. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living upstairs?

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

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

10. What does Nataraj do resolve his concerns about Vasu's tenancy?

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