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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 Pinky do to a man who winks at her?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Sticks him with her hair pin.
(c) Stomps on his foot.
(d) Kicks him in the shin.

2. How much money does the Chawla family begin to make off Sampath?
(a) Just a little money.
(b) More than Mr. Chawla makes at his job.
(c) Enough to put huge amounts into a savings account.
(d) They do not make any money off Sampath.

3. What do Sampath’s responses to visitors include?
(a) Obtuse sayings and information from the newspaper.
(b) News out of the paper and personal information on the visitors.
(c) Information he already knows and lyrical words of wisdom.
(d) Information he learned at work.

4. How does Sampath know the food his mother cooks him is not poisonous?
(a) Mr. Chawla has chickens that taste the food first.
(b) Mr. Chawla has a dog that eats it first.
(c) His mother always eats a bite first.
(d) There is no reason to think the food might be poisonous.

5. What is distinguishing about Sampath when he is born?
(a) A brown birthmark on one cheek.
(b) He does not cry.
(c) He has extremely long hair.
(d) He has blue eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what dos Mr. Chawla line the windows?

2. With what does Mr. Chawla become obsessed?

3. Why did Miss Jyotsna have to get new clothes?

4. What does Kulfi collect in the woods and ponds?

5. What does Sampath do when he jumps in the fountain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

5. What is the problem in Shahkot, India, and what are some of the ways the people think to try and solve the problem?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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