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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rajam do to Mani on his first day of school, which impresses Swami?
(a) He steals Mani’s books.
(b) He shakes Mani’s hand.
(c) He returns Mani’s jab.
(d) He yells at Mani.

2. What subject is Swami learning at the end of Chapter 7 after his baby brother is born?
(a) History.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Art.
(d) Tamil Grammar.

3. Who does Swami’s scripture teacher discuss “gadding about with dancing girls” (5) in Chapter 1?
(a) Sri Krishna.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) The headmaster.
(d) Jesus.

4. What is the title of Chapter 6 of Swami and Friends?
(a) A Friend in Need.
(b) You got a Friends.
(c) A Friendship Surprise.
(d) BFFs.

5. Where do Mani and Swami meet Rajam after school in Chapter 2?
(a) Nallappa Grove.
(b) Malgudi Orchard.
(c) Behind the school.
(d) Mani’s house.

6. How does Swami feel when his Granny tells him about his new brother?
(a) Unenthusiastic.
(b) Confused.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Angry.

7. What does Swami play with in the gutters near his house?
(a) A piece of wood.
(b) A coin.
(c) A paper boat.
(d) A leaf.

8. What river is considered “the prided of Malgudi” in Chapter 2?
(a) Seine.
(b) The River of India.
(c) Sarayu.
(d) Malgudi River.

9. What does Rajam lecture Mani, Swami, Somu, Sankar, and the Pea about in his room in Chapter 6?
(a) Schoolwork.
(b) Manners.
(c) The Law.
(d) Friendship.

10. Who does Swami see entering his mother’s room while she is in labor?
(a) A male doctor.
(b) A female doctor.
(c) A servant.
(d) His father.

11. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Somu and the Pea.
(b) Mani and Somu.
(c) Swami and Rajam.
(d) Rajam and Mani.

12. How does Mani feel when Swami tells him what the other boys wrote about him on the blackboard in Chapter 5?
(a) Happy.
(b) Upset.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) He finds it funny.

13. What does Swami bring to his father, which angers him in Chapter 8?
(a) His examination list.
(b) His homework.
(c) His examination grades.
(d) His map of Europe?

14. What does Swami tell Granny Rajam once killed?
(a) A dog.
(b) His nanny.
(c) A bear.
(d) A tiger.

15. Where does Swami wander to when he cannot find his friends during a leisure period in Chapter 4?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The headmaster’s office.
(c) Infant Standards.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Swami’s scripture teacher?

2. What does Swami do to Sankar and the Pea in his class at the end of Chapter 5?

3. As Swami begins to study the map of Europe at home, he wonders how map makers find what about a country?

4. Who is used as Mani and Rajam’s medium when they meet at the end of Chapter 2?

5. What does Mani bring to the clerk’s house in an effort to get him to tell him what is on the exam?

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