LEELA’S FRIEND R. K. NARAYAN 1. a) When did Mr. Sivasanker subject Sidda to a scrutiny and what observation did he make? b) What did Sivasanker inquire of Sidda and what did Sidda reply? c) Why did Sivasanker call his wife and what observation did she make? d) “ and that decided it” – What was decided and how? e) On what conditions Sidda was appointed? a) Sidda was hanging about the gate when Mr. Sivasanker was standing in the front veranda of his house. Sivasanker was brooding over the servant problem. As Sidda told him that he was looking for a job of a servant, Sivasanker asked him to come inside the gate and subjected him to a scrutiny. To Mr. Sivasanker, Sidda didn’t seem to be a bad sort at any rate and he also looked tidy. b) Sivasanker asked Sidda where he had been before, what his master’s name ...