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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. For what is everyone in Shahkot hoping at the beginning of the book?
(a) Warmer weather.
(b) Rain.
(c) More jobs.
(d) The president will visit.

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

3. How does Kulfi feel towards Sampath as Mr. Chawla is scolding him in Chapter 3?
(a) She pities him.
(b) She thinks it is humorous.
(c) She is irritated at him.
(d) She is indifferent towards him.

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

5. How did Sampath find out about Jyotsna’s secret?
(a) He read a postcard from her son to his best friend.
(b) He looked through her purse one day.
(c) He read a letter from her daughter to Jyotsna.
(d) He keeps track of the clothes she wears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Chawla complain to his mother in Chapter 1?

2. What does Sampath mention to Jyotsna one day in Chapter 8?

3. Where does Sampath fall asleep in Chapter 6?

4. What does Kulfi think about all the time?

5. What does the rising sun in Chapter 2 reveal to Sampath?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does a reporter from the atheist society talk to Sampath, and what happens when he does talk to Sampath?

4. What does Sampath do when he is given a pile of letters at work in Chapter 4?

5. What does Mr. Chawla do about his wife’s pregnancy? What does his mother suggest, and what does Kulfi do?

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

7. What does Sampath do during the night in Chapter 2? What does he see in the morning? What does his grandmother say to him in the morning?

8. What does the atheist spy decide about Sampath’s food? How does the atheist spy try to investigate it? How does Kulfi’s cooking relate to the number of hours Mr. Chawla allows people to see Sampath?

9. What is going on with Sampath at the beginning of Chapter 2?

10. In Chapter 7, how does Sampath end up being considered a wise man?

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