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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 & 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Swami spend the night with while his mother is in labor?
(a) The cook.
(b) His father.
(c) Himself.
(d) His Granny.

2. After the coachman tells Swami he can help him for six pies, Swami does what to try to get the money after nobody will give it to him?
(a) Sell his schoolbooks.
(b) Prays to the gods.
(c) Steal it from Rajam’s house.
(d) Steal it at the market.

3. What does Swami tell his drillmaster he suffers from in order to get out of drill and get to cricket practice on time in Chapter 15?
(a) Stomach trouble.
(b) Delirium.
(c) Gastrointestinal Issues.
(d) Headache.

4. What argument for studying does Swami’s father make, which finally convinces Swami to study without argument?
(a) If Swami fails, he will be punished the whole summer.
(b) If Swami fails, his friends will move up a grade without him.
(c) If Swami fails, he will need to get a job.
(d) If Swami passes, he will earn a gift.

5. Swami discusses that Jesus ate flesh and fish and drank wine, whereas a Brahmin believes a god should be what?
(a) Pescatarian.
(b) Omnivore.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Carnivore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swami realized to his surprise that Granny knows nothing about so he explains it to her in Chapter 14?

2. What is Chapter 4 called?

3. How does Swami feel when his Granny tells stories of her husband?

4. What does Rajam lecture Mani, Swami, Somu, Sankar, and the Pea about in his room in Chapter 6?

5. Where does Swami’s father take him after feeling sorry after being so hard on Swami to solve a math equation?

(see the answer key)

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