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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. On whom does Mr. Chawla blame Sampath’s behavior?
(a) On his mother.
(b) On Sampath’s former boss.
(c) On his daughter.
(d) On his wife.

2. Where is Sampath’s family going at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) On vacation.
(d) His grandparents’ house.

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

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

5. 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 is human and does not know everything.
(c) Sampath has always been remote from the real world.
(d) Sampath protects those who have done wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kulfi tell the rest of the family about Sampath in Chapter 6?

2. What does Kulfi offer Sampath when his father is criticizing him for his behavior at the wedding?

3. What kind of books does Mr. Chawla buy in Chapter 1?

4. What increases Sampath’s popularity in Chapter 11?

5. What does Sampath find at the wedding when he sneaks into the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sampath fired from his job?

2. How does Sampath amaze Jyotsna with his knowledge?

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

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

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

6. Why does the reporter from the atheist society think Sampath might be on drugs, and what does the reporter decide to do?

7. In Chapter 10, what does the family finally do about Sampath staying in the orchard, and how does Mr. Chawla set it up?

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

9. 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?

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

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