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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Chawla family do about their missing son?
(a) They go to the police.
(b) They call all his friends.
(c) They visit his girlfriend’s house.
(d) They wait for him to come home.

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

4. What does Amma tell the person who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?
(a) Sampath does not answer every question as to leave some mystery.
(b) Sampath has always been remote from the real world.
(c) Sampath is human and does not know everything.
(d) Sampath protects those who have done wrong.

5. Why is Sampath miserable at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) There is a heat wave.
(b) He did not get accepted at the college he wanted.
(c) He cannot find a job.
(d) His girlfriend broke up with him.

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

7. What kind of pictures does Kulfi draw?
(a) Pictures of landscapes.
(b) Pictures of food.
(c) Pictures of babies.
(d) Pictures of animals.

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

9. How does Sampath feel when he bites into a guava after he gets off the bus?
(a) He feels at home and energized.
(b) He misses his mother.
(c) He feels hungry.
(d) He feels like a monkey.

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

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

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

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

14. 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 being fed strange food.
(b) Sampath is not bathing regularly.
(c) Sampath’s chamber pot is being emptied too close to the tree.
(d) Sampath might be on drugs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman on the bus in Chapter 6 keep asking Sampath about?

2. What does the local holy man tell the family in Chapter 7?

3. Where does Sampath work?

4. Who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?

5. What are Amma and Kulfi doing at the orchard in Chapter 8?

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