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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. Where does the police inspector hold the investigation into Vasu's death?

2. Who arrives at the last moment and is able to get Kumar to stand?

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

4. What does Nataraj unwittingly do in the crowd at the celebration?

5. As time goes by after Vasu's death, what does Nataraj convince himself of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the night and morning before the celebration like for Nataraj?

2. What does Sastri learn from Rangi about how Vasu died?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens between Vasu and Nataraj with Vasu's purse?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The concept of pride is a recurring theme in the book The Man-eater of Malgudi. Write an essay about pride and how it relates to the book.

Part 1. What is pride? What forms can it take and what influences or changes its qualities?

Part 2. How does pride play a role in the novel The Man-eater of Malgudi? What message does the book have about it?

Essay Topic 2

"The universe," says Sastri, "has survived all the rakshasas that were ever born. Every demon carries within him, unknown to himself, a tiny seed of self-destruction, and goes up in thin air at the most unexpected moment."

This quote by Sastri represents a central theme of the book: the conflict of good and evil. Write an essay about the sentiment behind this quote.

Part 1. Do you agree with Sastri's sentiment? Does evil carry the seed of its own destruction?

Part 2. Cite other works, religious or fictional, that address this concept. What do they have to say?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the religious and political affairs of India during the mid-twentieth century.

Part 1. Explain the British occupation and the consequences it had on Indian culture and life.

Part 2. Describe the non-violent protests that expelled the English. Who were the major players in the revolution? How did they achieve their goals?

Part 3. What were the major religions present in India at the time, and what happened when the English left?

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