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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. Why does Nataraj tell Vasu he must return another day to make decisions about his printing job?
(a) He was in a hurry to leave.
(b) He didn't believe he was serious.
(c) His staff was out.
(d) The press machine was broken.

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

3. Who does Nataraj consult to help decide what to do about Vasu?
(a) All of the above.
(b) His wife.
(c) Sen.
(d) Kavi, the poet.

4. What did Vasu hear about when they reached Mempi?
(a) There was a wild elephant nearby in the jungle.
(b) There had been a tiger prowling through town the previous night.
(c) The forestry service was taking the week off.
(d) Several poachers had been shot and killed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the tea-shop man carefully tend in Mempi?

3. What does Nataraj promise the sanitary inspector from the health department?

4. How does Nataraj gain leverage in negotiations with the old moslem?

5. How does Vasu end up in Nataraj's attic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What goes on the front room of the shop that Nataraj runs?

2. What was the bus ride back to Malgudi like for Nataraj?

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

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

5. How do Sen and Vasu get along?

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

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

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

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

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

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