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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 action does Vasu take regarding where he lives?
(a) He files a complaint against Nataraj as a landlord.
(b) He threatens Nataraj against trying to evict him.
(c) He tries to hide his business so as to not bother anyone.
(d) He starts looking for a house.

2. What was lost when Nataraj's grandmother passed away?
(a) The stories of Nataraj's grandfather, an elephant handler.
(b) All documentation of Nataraj's existence.
(c) Family unity between the five brothers and their families.
(d) The ancestral home of the family.

3. What misunderstanding occurs between Vasu and Nataraj?
(a) Vasu returns expecting his cards to be done, but he still needs to choose type and stationary.
(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 thinks the cards are a fraction of their real price.

4. Who currently lives in the house on Kabir Street?
(a) Just Nataraj.
(b) A famous elephant trainer.
(c) Nataraj, his wife, and son Babu.
(d) The owners of the Star.

5. Which of the following best describes the kind of man that Nataraj is?
(a) Ambitious and driven.
(b) Emotional and easy to manipulate.
(c) Content, kind, and hard working.
(d) Frivolous and vain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vasu explain the stuffed hyena?

2. Why does Nataraj tell Vasu he must return another day to make decisions about his printing job?

3. What profession did Vasu engage in earlier in life?

4. How does Nataraj fear the housing affair with Vasu will end?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the business that Nataraj runs.

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

4. Who is Vasu, what is his history, and what is the first thing he does in his relationship with Nataraj?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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