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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Swami and Friends?
(a) R.K. Narayan.
(b) R.K. Ebenezar.
(c) J.K. Rowlings.
(d) P.K. Vedenayagam.

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

3. What does the Pea call Swami in Chapter 4, which makes Swami want to cry?
(a) Nose.
(b) Tail.
(c) Toes.
(d) Tiger.

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

5. What does Rajam offer each boy if they vow to no longer be enemies?
(a) Lunch.
(b) To clean their rooms for a week.
(c) To do their homework for a week.
(d) A prize from his cupboard.

6. When Swami finds his friends in Chapter 4 playing under a tamarind tree, what does Sankar tell him?
(a) They have been waiting for him.
(b) They have no room for him.
(c) They are all mad at him.
(d) They do not know him.

7. What does Mani talk to Swami about as they walk to Rajam’s house in Chapter 6?
(a) His disdain for the headmaster.
(b) His poor grades.
(c) How much he likes Swami.
(d) Hurting Somu, the Pea, and Sankar.

8. What story is Granny telling when Swami falls asleep?
(a) His mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Sri Krishna.
(d) Harichandra.

9. What “idiotic” (60) thing does Swami’s father say he does not want to hear while he tries to work?
(a) The baby’s cry.
(b) Swami’s requests.
(c) Mother’s voice.
(d) Granny.

10. What is written on the blackboard when Swami arrives at school after Rajam’s visit to his house in Chapter 5?
(a) Tail.
(b) Swam loves Rajam.
(c) Rajam’s Pet.
(d) Swami stinks.

11. What is the title of Chapter 8 of Swami and Friends?
(a) After the Examinations.
(b) School Exams.
(c) Before the Examinations.
(d) Study Time.

12. Which room does Swami want to use for Rajam’s first visit to his home?
(a) His father’s.
(b) The library.
(c) Granny’s.
(d) The kitchen.

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

14. Who is getting ready for school at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Swaminathan.
(b) Vedanayagam.
(c) D. Pillar.
(d) Ebenezar.

15. Chapter 8 begins how long before Swami’s school exams?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two Days.
(c) Two Hours.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose leg is Mani surprised to find he bit in Rajam’s room in Chapter 6?

2. What argument for studying does Swami’s father make, which finally convinces Swami to study without argument?

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

4. How does Swami’s mother’s face look when he visits her in her room in Chapter 7?

5. On what street does Mani plan to attack Somu at night on his way to the market?

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