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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the monkeys go to the bazaar?
(a) To pull the saris off of women.
(b) To find some ice cream.
(c) To find more alcoholic drinks.
(d) To see is there are any more monkeys there.

2. Why are other towns protesting the Medical Officer’s plan?
(a) They think the monkeys will come to their town.
(b) They do not want dead monkeys lying around.
(c) They are not protesting anything.
(d) They do not believe that is the real problem with the monkeys.

3. Why is Mr. Chawla upset about the monkeys being in the orchard?
(a) They are very messy.
(b) It keeps many people away.
(c) Sampath speaks even less now that the monkeys are there.
(d) Mr. Chawla cannot sell and re-sell food because the monkeys eat it.

4. Why are the policemen not included in the plan in Chapter 22?
(a) They fall under a different authority.
(b) They have too many other duties.
(c) They are not considered capable of doing the work.
(d) They refused to help.

5. What does Sampath insist about the monkeys in Chapter 14?
(a) They are not drunk.
(b) They give him ideas for sermons.
(c) They should be taken somewhere else.
(d) They are becoming a nuisance.

6. What does the atheist spy do when Pinky stabs him with her hairpin?
(a) Goes to the clinic.
(b) Leaves town.
(c) Slaps her.
(d) Takes her hair pin away.

7. What do Hungry Hop boy’s sisters do about Pinky in Chapter 17?
(a) Tie up Hungry Hop boy.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Chase her away.
(d) Invite her inside.

8. Why are Pinky and Amma impressed with Miss Jyotsna?
(a) She climbs the tree to talk to Sampath.
(b) She hits the atheist in the stomach with her purse.
(c) She tells the monkeys to quiet down and they do.
(d) She tells the owner of the orchard to go away.

9. Why is Kulfi worried about Sampath in Chapter 22?
(a) He will miss his monkeys.
(b) He has quit eating.
(c) He is no longer talking to anyone.
(d) She can see that he is sad.

10. How is the furor over the monkeys affecting Sampath?
(a) People are not paying attention to what he says.
(b) It is not affecting Sampath.
(c) He is afraid he will be kicked out of the orchard.
(d) He is disturbed constantly, even in the middle of the night.

11. What does Kulfi plan to do for Sampath in Chapter 22?
(a) Have a holy man visit him.
(b) Cook him a big, new feast.
(c) Drive him where he wants to go.
(d) Get rid of the crowds at the orchard.

12. What does the Chief Medical Officer think will solve the monkey problem?
(a) Have the monkeys eat marijuana leaves.
(b) Vaccinate the monkeys against rabies.
(c) He does not have a plan.
(d) Ban all alcohol from the town.

13. What do the monkeys do with the pots and pans in the compound?
(a) Put them in the river.
(b) Bury them.
(c) Leave them alone.
(d) Throw them all over.

14. What does Hungry Hop boy begin giving Pinky?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A scarf for her hair.
(c) A new hair pin.
(d) All the items in the bathroom.

15. What are the Hungry Hop boy’s sisters insisting he do before he can drive his van?
(a) Renew his driver’s license.
(b) Get his van checked by a mechanic.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pinky decide to write about to Hungry Hop boy?

2. What does Mr. Chawla propose about the monkeys?

3. What do the monkeys do when the photographer is in the tree?

4. What is Kulfi thinking about cooking in Chapter 21?

5. Who hits the Hungry Hop boy’s van?

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