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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. How did Raju's father treat the station master?
(a) With skepticism.
(b) With adoration.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With humble sumission.

2. Where did Raju play when his tree space became crowded?
(a) At the neighbor's house.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the sand.
(d) In the work trucks.

3. What activity did Raju and his father share?
(a) Playing.
(b) Home schooling.
(c) Praying.
(d) Hunting.

4. What business decision did Raju make after his father passed?
(a) He expanded the current shop.
(b) He opened another shop.
(c) He closed the hut shop.
(d) He hired more help.

5. How did Raju assist his father with work?
(a) He entertained customers.
(b) He was the errand boy.
(c) He loaned his own money to the business.
(d) He covered for his father during lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escorted Raju to the Board school?

2. What nickname did Raju have at the railway?

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

4. Who did Raju become friends with at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. How did Raju intervene between Rosie and Marco?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Raju's business tactics influenced by his father?

2. How does Raju justify staying on at the temple?

3. Why did Raju say he didn't grow up like other normal people?

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

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

6. What does Malgudi represent for Raju?

7. How did the barber deduce information about Raju's life?

8. What is revealed about Raju's personality by the fact that he asked the school master to teach at the temple?

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

10. How was Raju always able to offer his customers an answer?

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