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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 Mr. Chawla decide in Chapter 8 that Sampath could do for the family?
(a) Make the family famous.
(b) Make a lot of money for the family.
(c) Get them into the movies.
(d) Get them into a bigger house.

2. What does Vermaji invent?
(a) A large area humidifier.
(b) An electric car engine.
(c) A giant fan.
(d) A new kind of cricket bat.

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

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

5. When Sampath is first born, what does he seem like to Kulfi?
(a) The smartest baby she has ever known.
(b) Alien to her.
(c) The perfect child.
(d) The most wonderful baby in the world.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Amma want Kulfi to do in Chapter 1?

3. What does Sampath do at a wedding he attends?

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

5. For what does Mr. Chawla scold Sampath in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Shahkot’s problem finally alleviated, and what does Kulfi do when the answer comes?

6. How does the Chawla family react to Sampath’s disappearance in Chapter 6?

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

8. Why is Sampath fired from his job?

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

10. What does Sampath do when he leaves the bus in Chapter 6?

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