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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sampath mention to Jyotsna one day in Chapter 8?
(a) That her daughter is going to have twins.
(b) Where her son moved.
(c) Her debt to the sari shop
(d) That she bought too many clothes.

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

3. What does Sampath want to tell his family when they come to see him in the tree?
(a) That he is getting married.
(b) That he is happy in his new job.
(c) To go away.
(d) That he will not be coming home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Chawla work?

2. How does Pinky decide she is going to get to work in Chapter 4?

3. What does Pinky do to a man who winks at her?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the moment of Kulfi’s baby’s birth?

2. How did Kulfi end up married to Mr. Chawla?

3. What does Kulfi do when Sampath’s father is talking to him about getting fired? What happens after Sampath takes Kulfi’s offering?

4. In Chapter 8, how is the Chawla family taking care of Sampath in the tree?

5. Where does Sampath sneak off to during the wedding, and what does he do?

6. How is Pinky getting to work when Chapter 4 opens, and what happens with that form of transportation?

7. How does the Chawla family first react to Sampath living in a tree, and what does Kulfi say about it?

8. How does Mr. Chawla feel towards Sampath at breakfast in Chapter 3? What does he do, and what is Sampath’s response?

9. What does Mr. Chawla do in the mornings before work? What is he like with his family in the mornings?

10. What kind of food is Kulfi feeding Sampath, and what does she do in order to cook it?

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