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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 does Nataraj do early every morning?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Collect news stories for the paper.
(c) Visit the elephant.
(d) Bathe and wash his clothes in the river.

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

3. Which of the following best describes Vasu?
(a) Strong, kind, and slightly confused.
(b) Quiet, manipulative, and resentful.
(c) Loud, egotistical, and invasive.
(d) Demanding, sincere, and strongwilled.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts Vasu and Nataraj's conversation? What is Vasu's reaction?

2. Is Vasu Nataraj's tenant?

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

4. What is the relationship between Nataraj and Vasu like for a couple weeks after the court summons?

5. In chapter one, what part of the life Nataraj lives do we see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the affair regarding the septuagenarian and a dog?

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

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

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

10. How does Nataraj end up on a long day trip with no money and with a client waiting in his press?

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