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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose leg is Swami surprised to see he is scratching at in Rajam’s room in Chapter 6?
(a) The Pea.
(b) Sankar.
(c) Somu.
(d) Mani.

2. What does Mani bring to the clerk’s house in an effort to get him to tell him what is on the exam?
(a) Money.
(b) Brinjals.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tiffin.

3. What does Swami’s teacher, Vedenayagam, write on his paper in Chapter 1?
(a) Nice work.
(b) Very Bad.
(c) Very Good.
(d) Not good.

4. Who does Rajam attempt to order around to impress his friends at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) The cook.
(b) His mother.
(c) Swami.
(d) Mani.

5. Swami answers the exam question about the Tiger and the Brahmin in one line, and he finds out later that a classmate wrote how much?
(a) Two pages.
(b) Three pages.
(c) Four pages.
(d) One page.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rajam begins to suspect they are not in Swami’s room because it appears to lack which contents of Swami’s?

2. Who does Swami see entering his mother’s room while she is in labor?

3. Where does the mob move on to after leaving Swami’s school in Chapter 12?

4. What does the Pea call Swami in Chapter 4, which makes Swami want to cry?

5. While people are throwing foreign made clothing into the fire, what item does Swami throw in after being told it is foreign made?

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