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

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

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

4. What does Kulfi tell the rest of the family about Sampath in Chapter 6?
(a) To leave him alone.
(b) That Sampath is mentally ill.
(c) That she is going to go live with Sampath.
(d) That Sampath will be fine.

5. What does Sampath do before he returns to the wedding party?
(a) Pretends to blackmail the bride and groom.
(b) Reads the letter from his mother.
(c) Hides the sack of money.
(d) Puts on a sari and a jeweled nose ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pinky do to a man who winks at her?

2. When living in the tree, how does Sampath get food at first?

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

4. What is keeping Sampath awake in Chapter 2?

5. Who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sampath amaze Jyotsna with his knowledge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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