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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 sell to orchard visitors in Chapter 10?
(a) Pendants with Sampath’s face on them.
(b) Guava branches.
(c) Flowers and garlands.
(d) A book of wise saying by Sampath.

2. With what dos Mr. Chawla line the windows?
(a) Fly traps.
(b) Plastic sheeting.
(c) Sheer drapes.
(d) Duct tape.

3. Who drops a large supply of food outside Kulfi’s house?
(a) The Indian government.
(b) The American Relief Society.
(c) A Swedish Red Cross plane.
(d) The European Aid Foundation.

4. What does Sampath do at a wedding he attends?
(a) Plays his guitar.
(b) Fills glasses with sherbet.
(c) Dances with the bride.
(d) He is one of the ushers.

5. How old is Kulfi Chawla?
(a) 21.
(b) 23.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Pinky goes to the bazaar one day?

2. Where is Sampath’s family going at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. What does the old woman on the bus in Chapter 6 keep asking Sampath about?

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

5. What picture does Sampath think about on his way home from work in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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 happens to Amma and Pinky when they go to the denture market?

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

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

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