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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 services did Marco request?
(a) Raju to watch over Rosie while Marco was away.
(b) Raju's friend as his personal driver.
(c) Raju to fetch him breakfast each morning.
(d) Raju's company on his trip.

2. What does Velan offer Raju when he returns to the temple?
(a) A fine rug.
(b) A basket of food.
(c) A statue.
(d) Money.

3. Who does Raju request be sent to the temple?
(a) The village leaders.
(b) The school master.
(c) The children.
(d) The parents.

4. What did Marco investigate on his trip?
(a) Cave paintings.
(b) River patterns.
(c) Social customs.
(d) Classical art.

5. What did Raju and his classmates do with the drain at their teacher's home while he was away?
(a) They poured chemicals in the drain water.
(b) They floated notebook paper boats in the water.
(c) They dipped their teacher's hat in the water.
(d) They wrapped caterpillars in leaves and threw them in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What transpired between Marco and Rosie?

2. Why are the villagers not sending their children to school?

3. Where did Raju's father work?

4. How does Raju propose solving the problem of educating the children?

5. Why did Raju like adding to his inventory at the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Raju justify that his behavior towards his clients was okay?

2. What is the source of Velan's admiration in Chapter 2?

3. Why is it paradoxical that Raju encourages education for the village children?

4. After the groom left with the jutka, what did Raju's parents discover?

5. How do the villagers regard Raju?

6. How did the train station mirror Raju's life?

7. Why does Raju decide he has to stay at the temple?

8. Why does Raju avoid Velan's sister's wedding?

9. What does Malgudi represent for Raju?

10. How did the progress at the railway affect Raju's father's business?

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