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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 did Kumar come to Mempi?
(a) He was left when the tea plantation closed.
(b) He wandered into town with a herd of cattle from the hills when he was six months old.
(c) He was given to the temple by the estate of driver who perished on the road.
(d) He was sold to the temple by a great elephant trainer.

2. When Nataraj was growing up, why did his uncle give him money every day?
(a) To make a donation to the goddess for the sacred animals.
(b) To buy mice for the pet eagle.
(c) To buy bullets to scare away the crows and squirrels.
(d) To buy sugar to feed the ants.

3. What does Vasu receive from the forestry department?
(a) A permit to go into forest and shoot duck and deer.
(b) A book of forestry rules.
(c) A big game hunting license.
(d) A warning about trespassing into the forest.

4. What is the first action of Vasu in The Man-eater of Malgudi?
(a) The first action of Vasu is to order a large printing job.
(b) The first action of Vasu is to threaten Nataraj.
(c) The first action of Vasu is to barge through the curtain, violating the traditions of Nataraj's press.
(d) The first action of Vasu is to show Nataraj a selection of his work.

5. What does the old Moslem tell Nataraj about his paper?
(a) He should store it differently.
(b) It is too old and completely brown.
(c) It is the best in the neighborhood.
(d) He does not want it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj ask Vasu for at the tea-shop in Mempi?

2. How does Vasu choose the details of the printing job he wants done?

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

4. How does Nataraj feel about people coming through the blue curtain into the back of the press?

5. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living in the attic as he observes him practicing his profession? Why?

2. Explain the relationship developing in chapter two between Vasu and Nataraj. What are their interactions like?

3. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living upstairs?

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

5. What does Nataraj do early every morning?

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

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

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

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

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

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