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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sampath do before he returns to the wedding party?
(a) Puts on a sari and a jeweled nose ring.
(b) Hides the sack of money.
(c) Reads the letter from his mother.
(d) Pretends to blackmail the bride and groom.

3. What does Amma sell to visitors at the orchard in Chapter 10?
(a) Bowls of curried rice.
(b) Hot buns.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Tea.

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 3, what news does Pinky think is more interesting than the news Mr. Chawla reads
(a) The listings for movies in the area.
(b) The chart of the top ten songs on radio.
(c) The set up for the next high school cricket game.
(d) The monkey who attacks women outside the theater.

10. To what food does Mr. Chawla compare Sampath?
(a) Spinach.
(b) A potato.
(c) An orange.
(d) A cherry.

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

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

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

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

15. What is distinguishing about Sampath when he is born?
(a) He does not cry.
(b) He has extremely long hair.
(c) A brown birthmark on one cheek.
(d) He has blue eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vermaji invent?

2. What does the Chawla family hear about a guava tree in Chapter 6?

3. How old is Kulfi Chawla?

4. How does Sampath know the food his mother cooks him is not poisonous?

5. What do the goat herders say are in the woods?

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