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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 the tea-shop man carefully tend in Mempi?
(a) The animal population in the forest.
(b) The shrine of the goddess protecting drivers.
(c) A tame tiger kept in a kennel.
(d) His tea plantation.

2. How does the septuagenarian react when he hears Sastri's information?
(a) He aks to go see Vasu himself.
(b) All of the above.
(c) He blames Nataraj for covering for the offender.
(d) He says next Vasu will be pointing guns at children.

3. 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.

4. What starts a friendly conversation between Nataraj and the tea-shop man?
(a) The feast that Vasu has paid for.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The tea-shop man needs to print some fliers.
(d) Both have been slighted by Vasu.

5. How much room does Nataraj need for his printing press?
(a) He can just squeeze everything into the place he has.
(b) The back room of the place he owns.
(c) He uses the back wall of his home where he can line up the machines.
(d) A shop downtown with three rooms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nataraj promise the Septuagenaraian in order to appease him?

3. What is a rakshasa?

4. What does speaking to Vasu remind Nataraj of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the business that Nataraj runs.

2. What does Nataraj fear that Vasu will do in order to retaliate regarding the forestry officer and what does he do about it?

3. What is in the second brown envelope that arrives for Nataraj and who is it from? What does he promise in response to it?

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

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

6. What happened to the transaction with the client that Nataraj left waiting when he left with Vasu?

7. Who does Nataraj employ at the printing press? What is his relationship with his hired help?

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

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

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

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