How did rajam behave when the examinations approached? of the chapter 'Before the examination' by R. K. Narayan.
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Two weeks before his April school exams, Swami notices that his father is becoming more strict about making him study. He pesters Swami frequently, eventually pointing out that Swami will have to be in a different class from his friends if he fails the exam. At that point Swami listens to his father and begins to study harder.
All of Swami’s classmates and friends are overwhelmed by the pressure of the upcoming exams. Mani is particularly worried and attempts to get information about the exam questions from the school clerk, who is rumored to know everything. He bribes the clerk with food and although the clerk is pleased, he tells Mani that he doesn’t know anything about the test questions. Mani persists, and eventually the clerk gives him advice about what to study, despite not actually knowing what will be on the exam. Mani is pleased with the information he gets from the clerk and shares his knowledge with Swami.
Swami arrives home feeling bored and is disappointed that his Granny doesn’t feel like talking to him. He goes to look at his brother, who is now six months old. Swami now finds his brother charming and “love[s] every inch of him.” However, the baby is asleep and Swami, even more bored, wishes that his father would let him go out to play with Mani. Swami tries to study a map of Europe and wonders about the people who live there, and about how the people who make maps know the shapes of countries. He thinks that perhaps they look down from a high place to see the shape. He eventually finishes his map and his father comes home to compliment him on his work, which Swami feels is “worth all his suffering.”
Two days before the exam, Swami makes a list of everything he will need for the exam and is disappointed that he can only think of five things, thinking that he had “never known that his wants were so few.” Swami makes his list longer and more complicated and then brings it to his father, who is busy working. Swami tries to go away and not interrupt him, but his father hears him at the door and calls him in, demanding to see the paper he’s holding. Swami’s father calls his list “preposterous” and tells Swami to take supplies from his desk instead. Although Swami gets most of what he needs, he is sad not to be able to go and buy everything on his list. As he leaves his father’s office, his father asks him to move the baby out of the hall so that his father won’t have to hear the baby crying.
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