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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 strikes Nataraj about the scene when he sees Vasu?
(a) How terrible he looks.
(b) How his body fits in with the taxidermy.
(c) How much blood there was.
(d) That all his troubles are over.

2. What does Nataraj say was the greatest damage caused by the man-eater?
(a) He took sacred animals from the world.
(b) He brought suspicion into Malgudi.
(c) He caused fear in those of good heart.
(d) He destroyed Nataraj's name, friendships, and world.

3. What is the overriding emotion in Vasu's plans to shoot Kumar?
(a) Envy.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Logic.
(d) Anger.

4. What causes the delay in the procession?
(a) Rangi is late to take her place in front.
(b) The police are trying to thwart Vasu.
(c) They go to pick up a golden headdress for Kumar.
(d) Nataraj files permits for a different route.

5. Who is Kumar?
(a) An elephant trainer of great repute.
(b) A wild elephant that has been seen around town.
(c) The temple elephant.
(d) The mayor of Mempi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Vasu and how?

2. How do the poet, Sastri, and Nataraj spend the night prior to the parade?

3. What does Nataraj first credit the tapping on the grill he hears to?

4. What does Sastri do when he hears of Vasu's demise?

5. What does Nataraj's wife do when interviewed by the police?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the group with the police inspector go to visit Vasu?

2. What interaction to Vasu and Nataraj have after Kumar and the mahout leave Mempi?

3. Rangi and Nataraj discuss several things when she taps on the grille of the press. What do they discuss and what is their conversation like?

4. What day do they choose for the celebration, and how do they choose it?

5. What is Nataraj's first plan to keep Vasu from shooting Kumar?

6. What happens when Nataraj travels to Mempi with the information about the animal hospital?

7. How does Sastri say that demons usually meet their demise?

8. What does Rangi's visit to Nataraj change at Nataraj's house? How?

9. What did the police determine killed Vasu? Who were there suspects?

10. How does Vasu come to help with the collection of funds for the celebration? What do people say about him?

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