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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Miss Jyotsna have to get new clothes?
(a) Her sari was ripped off her.
(b) Her husband hates the color of her sari.
(c) She burned her sari.
(d) She does not have to get new clothes.

2. What does Mr. Chawla realize is part of Sampath’s appeal?
(a) That Sampath has rejected modern luxuries.
(b) Sampath’s ability to make people laugh.
(c) That Sampath is kind to everyone.
(d) Sampath’s apparent humility.

3. Where does Sampath work?
(a) His father’s bank
(b) The post office.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The library.

4. How did Sampath find out about Jyotsna’s secret?
(a) He read a letter from her daughter to Jyotsna.
(b) He keeps track of the clothes she wears.
(c) He looked through her purse one day.
(d) He read a postcard from her son to his best friend.

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

6. Where is Sampath’s family going at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) On vacation.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A wedding.
(d) His grandparents’ house.

7. Where does the Chawla family seek help in Chapter 6?
(a) The local shaman.
(b) Medical doctors, homeopathic and naturopathic doctors.
(c) A Buddhist monk.
(d) A Hindu guru.

8. What does the person investigating Sampath begin to suspect in Chapter 11?
(a) Sampath might be the real thing.
(b) Sampath’s sister is the actual wise person.
(c) Sampath is using his mother and father.
(d) Sampath gets his powers from his mother’s food.

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

10. For what does Mr. Chawla scold Sampath in Chapter 3?
(a) For Sampath’s inability to get a better job or a raise.
(b) Because Sampath did not get into the best college.
(c) For Sampath moping over his girlfriend.
(d) Because Sampath is too attached to Sampath’s mother.

11. What does Sampath do at a wedding he attends?
(a) He is one of the ushers.
(b) Dances with the bride.
(c) Plays his guitar.
(d) Fills glasses with sherbet.

12. How does Kulfi feel towards Sampath as Mr. Chawla is scolding him in Chapter 3?
(a) She thinks it is humorous.
(b) She is irritated at him.
(c) She is indifferent towards him.
(d) She pities him.

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

14. What does the monkey take from Amma at the market?
(a) An ice cream cone.
(b) Sampath’s new clothes.
(c) Her new sari.
(d) An advertising leaflet with Sampath’s picture on it.

15. Who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?
(a) A college professor from the philosophy department.
(b) A reporter from the local newspaper.
(c) A local holy man.
(d) A reporter from an atheist society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Chawla family do about their missing son?

2. What does Pinky do at the tree when she and Amma get back from the market?

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

4. What does Sampath do before he returns to the wedding party?

5. What picture does Sampath think about on his way home from work in Chapter 4?

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