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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sampath want to tell his family when they come to see him in the tree?
(a) That he will not be coming home.
(b) To go away.
(c) That he is happy in his new job.
(d) That he is getting married.

2. What does the old woman on the bus in Chapter 6 keep asking Sampath about?
(a) His schooling.
(b) Whether he might like her granddaughter.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His family and his job.

3. What is Kulfi thinking about cooking in Chapter 21?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Plain porridge.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A guava pie.

4. Why does Mr. Chawla send Pinky with Amma to the market?
(a) So Amma can get Sampath new clothes.
(b) So Amma can advertise for Sampath.
(c) So Amma can get a set of dentures.
(d) So Amma can meet the man Pinky likes.

5. What does the town official tell Mr. Chawla about Rama?
(a) Rama does not believe natural places should have buildings on them.
(b) Rama does not believe in arranged marriages.
(c) The town official does not mention Rama.
(d) There is a close association between Rama and monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sampath’s family and others gather beneath the tree in Chapter 7, what does Sampath say?

2. How does Sampath know the food his mother cooks him is not poisonous?

3. When living in the tree, how does Sampath get food at first?

4. What does Amma want Kulfi to do in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 3, what news does Pinky think is more interesting than the news Mr. Chawla reads

(see the answer key)

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