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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 happened during the time Nataraj was studying at the Albert Mission?
(a) He had many dreams about an elephant.
(b) He was betrothed by his family to a girl he refused to marry.
(c) His grandfather passed away and his father inherited the ancestral home.
(d) The Star needed a new apprentice and offered him the position.

2. Is Vasu Nataraj's tenant?
(a) Yes, but pays a token rent amount.
(b) Yes, he gave Natraraj a sum upfront to move in.
(c) No, he doesn't pay rent despite living in the attic.
(d) No, he isn't answerable to Nataraj.

3. What does Nataraj tell Vasu's friend about the printing job?
(a) That there is a long waiting period to get things printed.
(b) That he needs to be paid up front.
(c) To make careful final revisions and then bring it back.
(d) That it will be expensive to print.

4. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?
(a) He misses the time agreed on for him to return, but shows up fifteen days later.
(b) He demands an appointment immediately the first time he wanders in.
(c) He keeps his engagements.
(d) He arrives early.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nataraj call Vasu?

2. What action does Vasu take regarding where he lives?

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

4. Where is the office that Nataraj must visit?

5. What move was taken to preserve peace between the five brothers and their families?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living upstairs?

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

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

4. How does Vasu respond to Nataraj's first efforts to remove him from the attic?

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

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 does Vasu receive in the mail from the forestry department, and what is his reaction to it?

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

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

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

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