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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 did Raju and his classmates do with the drain at their teacher's home while he was away?

2. What transpired between Marco and Rosie?

3. How did Raju's mother describe their animals?

4. What did Raju promise his mother when he took on his new job?

5. Who does Velan's sister agree to marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is education viewed up through Chapter 3 of the novel?

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

4. What are Raju's fears when the villagers don't show?

5. What raised Marco's estimation of Raju?

6. Why does Velan defend his out of town visit early in Chapter 1?

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

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

9. Why was Raju given his nickname at the railway?

10. What does Malgudi represent for Raju?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Raju go on a hunger strike even after telling Velan the truth about who he is? How does this help perpetuate the transformation in Raju?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Rosie's complex feelings toward Marco. Why were her feelings towards him ever changing? What influenced her mood toward him?

Essay Topic 3

How did Raju's main character flaw, his preoccupation with reputation, lead the course of his life? Identify and defend the major areas of the novel where Raju had the ability to keep his life on track if he were not so consumed with reputation. In these various instances, why was Raju unable to learn his lesson? What caused Raju to finally see beyond himself?

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