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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. When Sampath’s family and others gather beneath the tree in Chapter 7, what does Sampath say?
(a) He begins to tell people what to do based on the letters he had read at his job.
(b) Nothing, he will not speak.
(c) He tells his family and neighbors to prepare for a drought.
(d) He begins to preach of a mighty God.

2. To what food does Mr. Chawla compare Sampath?
(a) A potato.
(b) An orange.
(c) A cherry.
(d) Spinach.

3. Where does Mr. Chawla work?
(a) He is the mayor of Shahkot.
(b) For the government.
(c) At a bank.
(d) At the local firework factory.

4. What does Amma tell the person who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?
(a) Sampath protects those who have done wrong.
(b) Sampath has always been remote from the real world.
(c) Sampath is human and does not know everything.
(d) Sampath does not answer every question as to leave some mystery.

5. What does the old woman on the bus in Chapter 6 keep asking Sampath about?
(a) His family and his job.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) Whether he might like her granddaughter.
(d) His schooling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Kulfi Chawla?

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

3. What do the police in Shahkot offer to sponsor?

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

5. In Chapter 5, what does Sampath tell his mother he wants?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helps Kulfi deliver her baby? What is distinguishing about the baby? What is he named?

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

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

4. How did Kulfi end up married to Mr. Chawla?

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

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

7. Why is Sampath fired from his job?

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

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

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