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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. Why are Pinky and Amma impressed with Miss Jyotsna?
(a) She tells the monkeys to quiet down and they do.
(b) She climbs the tree to talk to Sampath.
(c) She tells the owner of the orchard to go away.
(d) She hits the atheist in the stomach with her purse.

2. How do the monkeys show they like Sampath?
(a) They hug him.
(b) They tend to him and groom him.
(c) They bring him fruit.
(d) They bring their children to him.

3. What does Pinky decide to do as she watches the monkeys in Chapter 11?
(a) Start to live in the tree next to the one in which Sampath lives.
(b) Get to know the monkeys.
(c) Dress nicely and look for the Hungry Hop boy.
(d) Stay away from the orchard.

4. What do the two factions who oppose each other about the monkeys do?
(a) Begin to throw sticks at each other.
(b) Settle themselves at the base of Sampath’s tree.
(c) Meet at the supreme court to settle the issue.
(d) Sue and counter-sue each other.

5. What do Hungry Hop boy’s sisters do about Pinky in Chapter 17?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Invite her inside.
(c) Tie up Hungry Hop boy.
(d) Chase her away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who protests the Medical Officer’s plan?

2. How did the man from the biology department try to capture monkeys once?

3. Where is the first meeting to consider a proposal about the monkey problem held?

4. Where is the Hungry Hop boy at the beginning of Chapter 16?

5. What does the town official tell Mr. Chawla about Rama?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries Kulfi about Sampath in Chapter 21, and what does she plan to do about it?

2. How does Sampath end up friends with monkeys?

3. Why does Mr. Chawla visit the Chief Medical Office? How does the officer feel about Mr. Chawla, and what does he tell Mr. Chawla?

4. What is the Brigadier doing about the monkeys in Chapter 22?

5. How is Sampath feeling about the orchard with all that is going on by Chaper 21?

6. Why is the Hungry Hop boy not outside in Chapter 22?

7. How does the Hungry Hop boy feel about the girl his sisters have chosen for him to marry, and how does he get out of the house?

8. What is Mr. Chawla’s plan for the monkeys?

9. How does Pinky get the Hungry Hop boy to like her again?

10. What brings the monkeys back into the limelight in Chapter 18, and what makes the community fear them?

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