1. In which month were the Intermediate Examination results expected in Malgudi?
2. Iswaran was a student of which prestigious institution in Malgudi?
3. What physical change in Iswaran indicated his long stay in the Intermediate Class?
4. How did Iswaranโs parents react after his repeated failures?
5. What was Iswaran's "ferocious devotion" directed towards?
6. Where did the nervous students sit in clusters while waiting for results?
7. Iswaranโs father called him the "greatest ________ in India" due to his persistent hope.
8. In which specific subject did Iswaran claim he failed "narrowly" the previous year?
9. How did Iswaran spend his time on the day of the results the previous year?
10. "He was treated as a sort of thick-skinned idiot." This line refers to:
11. What "mask" did Iswaran wear to hide his inner trembling suspense?
12. When asked by other boys, what examination seat number did Iswaran randomly make up?
13. Why did Iswaran feel "isolated from his fellow-beings" while in the cinema?
14. What specific part of the Tamil film bored Iswaran and brought back his gloom?
15. Who was the proprietor of "Ananda Bhavan"?
16. What lie did Iswaran tell the hotel proprietor after the first cinema show?
17. Why did Iswaran eventually flee the cinema hall during the second show?
18. What was Iswaranโs "glorious solution" to all his difficulties?
19. What did Iswaran borrow from the hotel proprietor at night?
20. Where did Iswaran decide to leave his coat before jumping into the river?
