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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When living in the tree, how does Sampath get food at first?
(a) Pinky climbs up the tree with it.
(b) One of the orchard pickers takes it to him.
(c) It is taken up by a local boy.
(d) It is dropped by hand glider.

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

5. 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) That he is getting married.
(c) That he is happy in his new job.
(d) To go away.

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

7. As shown in Chapter 2, what does Mr. Chawla demand from his family?
(a) To clean up the house.
(b) To meet him for lunch.
(c) To go and get jobs.
(d) Help in getting ready for work.

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

9. What picture does Sampath think about on his way home from work in Chapter 4?
(a) A painting done by his mother.
(b) A picture of a huge mansion.
(c) A beautiful princess.
(d) An ape with a very big, red bottom.

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

11. Who drops a large supply of food outside Kulfi’s house?
(a) The European Aid Foundation.
(b) The American Relief Society.
(c) A Swedish Red Cross plane.
(d) The Indian government.

12. With what does Mr. Chawla become obsessed?
(a) Finding Sampath a wife with a huge dowry.
(b) How to take advantage of Sampath’s fame.
(c) How to find a high paying job for Sampath.
(d) How to get Sampath out of the tree.

13. With what does Kulfi bribe the butcher?
(a) That she will date his son
(b) A pretty smile.
(c) Silk.
(d) With an extra tip.

14. What increases Sampath’s popularity in Chapter 11?
(a) Pinky begins to recite poetry she writes with his pithy sayings.
(b) Sampath begins to predict the future.
(c) Kulfi begins to sell some of her concoctions.
(d) r. Chawla cuts visiting hours.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sampath find at the wedding when he sneaks into the house?

2. Why did Miss Jyotsna have to get new clothes?

3. What does Kulfi offer Sampath when his father is criticizing him for his behavior at the wedding?

4. How did Sampath find out about Jyotsna’s secret?

5. What does the newspaper say about Sampath in Chapter 7?

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