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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Sampath’s family and others gather beneath the tree in Chapter 7, what does Sampath say?
(a) He begins to preach of a mighty God.
(b) Nothing, he will not speak.
(c) He begins to tell people what to do based on the letters he had read at his job.
(d) He tells his family and neighbors to prepare for a drought.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How does Sampath know the food his mother cooks him is not poisonous?
(a) His mother always eats a bite first.
(b) There is no reason to think the food might be poisonous.
(c) Mr. Chawla has a dog that eats it first.
(d) Mr. Chawla has chickens that taste the food first.

13. What does Kulfi collect in the woods and ponds?
(a) Strange looking insects.
(b) Examples of the beauty of nature.
(c) Exotic foods.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drops a large supply of food outside Kulfi’s house?

2. What kind of course does Pinky want to take?

3. Why is Pinky mortified around the ice cream boy in Chapter 9?

4. What does Amma sell to visitors at the orchard in Chapter 10?

5. How does Sampath feel when he bites into a guava after he gets off the bus?

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