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R. K. Narayan, An Astrologer’s Day

R. K. Narayan, An Astrologer’s Day

Read An Astrologer’s Day and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. Which vendor was NOT on the path through Town Hall Park?

a groundnut vendor

a healer

a magician

an astrologer

2. What profession did the astrologer abandon by leaving his village?

hunting

trading goods at market

tilling the land

carpentry

3. How much money did the astrologer charge per question?

a spare bit of cloth

5 rupees

8 annas

3 pies

4. Why did the astrologer run away from home?

He thought he had killed Guru Nayak during a quarrel in his youth.

He did not want to suffer the same inequalities that his forefathers had.

He stole a large sum of money from Guru Nayak.

He was engaged to be married but wanted to marry another woman.

5. Why will Guru Nayak no longer pose a threat to the astrologer?

Guru Nayak left the man beaten and unconscious in a well.

Guru Nayak believes another man stabbed him.

Guru Nayak thinks his former attacker lives up north.

Guru Nayak thinks the man who stabbed him is dead.