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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sampath finally do in Chapter 2 after he is unable to sleep?
(a) Turns the television off.
(b) Writes an application for another college.
(c) Goes to his girlfriend’s house.
(d) Goes on the roof.

2. What does the rising sun in Chapter 2 reveal to Sampath?
(a) His best friend washing his car.
(b) The ugly parts of his neighborhood.
(c) His father returning to the house.
(d) His grandmother in the back yard.

3. Why does Mr. Chawla complain to his mother in Chapter 1?
(a) His wife will not clean the house.
(b) His mother arranged his marriage.
(c) His sister continues to steal money from him.
(d) His boss wants him to work too many hours.

4. Why is Sampath miserable at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) He did not get accepted at the college he wanted.
(b) His girlfriend broke up with him.
(c) He cannot find a job.
(d) There is a heat wave.

5. What does Mr. Chawla do in the mornings before work?
(a) Exercise in the courtyard.
(b) Plays with his son.
(c) Reads one chapter in a book.
(d) Does one half hour of meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is everyone in Shahkot hoping at the beginning of the book?

2. What is distinguishing about Sampath when he is born?

3. How does Kulfi feel towards Sampath as Mr. Chawla is scolding him in Chapter 3?

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

5. With what dos Mr. Chawla line the windows?

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