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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the animal hospital like?

2. What is Nataraj's intent when he goes up to Vasu's room when the procession is about to come by?

3. What is the debate at Mempi regarding Kumar?

4. What emotion does Nataraj experience while actually printing the book for the poet?

5. What was the result from the coroner regarding Vasu's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Muthu come to the press to visit Nataraj?

2. How is Vasu's death discovered and made known?

3. What is the celebration that is planned, and who is planning it?

4. How did the police investigation turn out? What was the common belief about Vasu's death?

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

6. What incident with Nataraj happens in the crowds during the mayor's speech?

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

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

9. How is Sen able to help Nataraj?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author of The Man-eater of Malgudi is a respected and prolific author. Write an essay about R.K. Narayan.

Part 1. Biography. Where did R.K. Narayan grow up and study? When did he live and what important events did he witness?

Part 2. What influence on his work did the political situation of era he lived in have?

Part 3. What others works has he produced and what recognition has he received?

Essay Topic 2

The title of the book The Man-Eater of Malgudi is clearly suggests that one of the characters in the book is a rakshasa, or a man-eater.

Part 1. Who is the man-eater? Is there only one?

Part 2. What is a rakshasa, and what are their roles and stories in mythology?

Part 3. How do the actions of the character or characters indicate that they are rakshasas or man-eaters?

Essay Topic 3

In the Man-Eater of Malgudi, Vasu is labeled as a rakshasa that wreaks havoc and destruction wherever he goes. Write an essay about the destruction caused by Vasu.

1. Vasu causes destruction even as his livelihood. Write about the destruction Vasu causes in his pursuit of taxidermy, including both the initial damage and the consequences affecting those around him.

2. In what other ways does Vasu cause destruction? What are his intentions? Does he see the destruction he generates?

3. What is the destruction as seen by the eyes of Nataraj? What is the worst, according to him?

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