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

2. How does Sampath feel when he bites into a guava after he gets off the bus?
(a) He feels hungry.
(b) He feels like a monkey.
(c) He feels at home and energized.
(d) He misses his mother.

3. What does Sampath mention to Jyotsna one day in Chapter 8?
(a) Where her son moved.
(b) That she bought too many clothes.
(c) Her debt to the sari shop
(d) That her daughter is going to have twins.

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. How does Pinky decide she is going to get to work in Chapter 4?
(a) On the bus.
(b) Her boyfriend will pick her up.
(c) On the back of Sampath’s bike.
(d) Her father will drop her off.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Amma and Kulfi doing at the orchard in Chapter 8?

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

4. What does the Chawla family do about their missing son?

5. How did Sampath find out about Jyotsna’s secret?

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

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

4. How does the Chawla family first react to Sampath living in a tree, and what does Kulfi say about it?

5. How does Kulfi feel about Sampath living in the tree, and what does she do for him?

6. How does Pinky feel about all the attention given to her brother? What happens when she goes to the bazaar, and what does Mr. Chawla tell her to do about it?

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

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

9. How does Sampath amaze Jyotsna with his knowledge?

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

(see the answer keys)

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