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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 father returning to the house.
(d) His grandmother in the back yard.

2. What is keeping Sampath awake in Chapter 2?
(a) His father yelling at a neighbor.
(b) His family snoring.
(c) His mother watching television.
(d) His grandmother moaning in pain.

3. Where does Sampath fall asleep in Chapter 6?
(a) In a shed in the on a farm.
(b) At a youth hostel.
(c) At a table in the library.
(d) In the branch of a guava tree.

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

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

6. What does Mr. Chawla sell to orchard visitors in Chapter 10?
(a) Guava branches.
(b) Flowers and garlands.
(c) Pendants with Sampath’s face on them.
(d) A book of wise saying by Sampath.

7. What does Kulfi tell the rest of the family about Sampath in Chapter 6?
(a) That Sampath will be fine.
(b) That she is going to go live with Sampath.
(c) That Sampath is mentally ill.
(d) To leave him alone.

8. How much money does the Chawla family begin to make off Sampath?
(a) They do not make any money off Sampath.
(b) Enough to put huge amounts into a savings account.
(c) More than Mr. Chawla makes at his job.
(d) Just a little money.

9. In Chapter 10, what does the Chawla family do at the orchard?
(a) Set up living quarters.
(b) Set up a booth to sell tickets to see Sampath.
(c) Fence off the tree in which Sampath is staying.
(d) Buy the orchard.

10. With what dos Mr. Chawla line the windows?
(a) Fly traps.
(b) Duct tape.
(c) Sheer drapes.
(d) Plastic sheeting.

11. What do the police in Shahkot offer to sponsor?
(a) A self-defense course.
(b) A pre-cricket match dance.
(c) A frog wedding.
(d) A registration of children in town.

12. What does Sampath mention to Jyotsna one day in Chapter 8?
(a) That she bought too many clothes.
(b) Her debt to the sari shop
(c) Where her son moved.
(d) That her daughter is going to have twins.

13. What does Mr. Chawla do that makes noise when he showers?
(a) Sings at the top of his lungs.
(b) He does not make noise when he showers.
(c) Pounds on the shower wall.
(d) Clangs buckets together.

14. What does Kulfi know about Sampath?
(a) That he will run out of things to say when he is no longer reading mail.
(b) That he belongs in the tree.
(c) That his father will come to appreciate him.
(d) That he will eventually come down.

15. What kind of course does Pinky want to take?
(a) A self defense course.
(b) A typing course.
(c) A cooking course.
(d) A first aid course.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Kulfi bribe the butcher?

2. What does Vermaji invent?

3. What does the person who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud think might be true when he smells the air around the tree?

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

5. What does Sampath do with a pile of letters he is given in Chapter 4?

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