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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sampath do when he jumps in the fountain?
(a) Pulls the bride in the water.
(b) Throws water on anyone walking by the fountain.
(c) Goes swimming.
(d) Moons the wedding guests.

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

3. How does Pinky feel about her brother’s behavior in Chapter 6?
(a) Angry.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Sad.
(d) Embarrassed.

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

5. Why does Sampath begin to look better physically?
(a) He not longer hates waking up in the morning.
(b) Being out in the fresh air is good for him.
(c) He is away from his father.
(d) Kulfi makes gourmet food for him.

6. What does Kulfi offer Sampath when his father is criticizing him for his behavior at the wedding?
(a) A fresh guava.
(b) A smile.
(c) A piece of advice.
(d) A banana.

7. When Sampath is first born, what does he seem like to Kulfi?
(a) The most wonderful baby in the world.
(b) Alien to her.
(c) The smartest baby she has ever known.
(d) The perfect child.

8. What does the newspaper say about Sampath in Chapter 7?
(a) He is mentally ill.
(b) He is trespassing in the orchard.
(c) He should return home.
(d) He is spiritual in nature and very wise.

9. What do Sampath’s responses to visitors include?
(a) News out of the paper and personal information on the visitors.
(b) Information he learned at work.
(c) Information he already knows and lyrical words of wisdom.
(d) Obtuse sayings and information from the newspaper.

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

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

12. What does Kulfi think about all the time?
(a) Food.
(b) Her father’s illness.
(c) How to get away from her hometown.
(d) The captain of the cricket team.

13. What does the person who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud think might be true when he smells the air around the tree?
(a) Sampath is not bathing regularly.
(b) Sampath might be on drugs.
(c) Sampath is being fed strange food.
(d) Sampath’s chamber pot is being emptied too close to the tree.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Chawla decide in Chapter 8 that Sampath could do for the family?

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

3. What does Kulfi collect in the woods and ponds?

4. What does Kulfi tell the rest of the family about Sampath in Chapter 6?

5. How old is Kulfi Chawla?

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