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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the mob leaves the Board School, who does Swami notice among the constables?
(a) Granny.
(b) Swami’s Mother.
(c) Rajam’s Father.
(d) Swami’s Father.

2. What is NOT one of the places Swami’s father attempted to search for Swami prior to looking for his body in the river?
(a) The Market.
(b) Rajam’s House.
(c) Mani’s House.
(d) His School.

3. Where is Swami’s father when he touches a wet spot to see if it is blood in Chapter 16?
(a) The river bank.
(b) Malgudi Railway Station.
(c) Swami’s Room.
(d) The hospital.

4. Whose work holiday hinders Swami’s ability to see his friends in Chapter 11?
(a) Swami’s Granny’s.
(b) Mani’s Father’s.
(c) Swami’s Father’s.
(d) Rajam’s Father’s.

5. Which Albert Mission students does Rajam tell the headmaster are allowed to leave promptly at 4:30?
(a) Sports players.
(b) All students.
(c) Students with perfect attendance.
(d) Students with good grades.

6. What is the title of Chapter 15 of Swami and Friends?
(a) Before the Match.
(b) The Big Game.
(c) M.C.C. v. Y.M.U.
(d) After the Match.

7. Who answers the door at Mani’s house in Chapter 10 and frightens Swami at first?
(a) Mani’s father.
(b) Mani.
(c) Mani’s mother.
(d) Mani’s uncle.

8. What is the title of Chapter 10 of Swami and Friends?
(a) The Tailor’s Son.
(b) The Coachman’s Son.
(c) The Police Superintendent’s Son.
(d) The Headmaster’s Son.

9. Why do the boys not send their letters to Sankar after they write them in Chapter 12?
(a) They do not have stamps.
(b) They realize they do not have his address.
(c) They forget about the letters.
(d) They decide they do not like him.

10. How many pies does Swami tell Rajam the coachman stole from him in Chapter 10?
(a) 3.
(b) 24.
(c) 18.
(d) 6.

11. What is the title of Chapter 16 of Swami and Friends?
(a) Swami Disappears.
(b) The Search for Swami.
(c) Swami Runs Away.
(d) Swami is Found.

12. What does Rajam tell Swami he is after he tells him he is no longer going to school at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Brave.
(b) Free.
(c) An idiot.
(d) Foolish.

13. What does Swami’s father have him to do his books instead of going out with his friends in Chapter 11?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Put them away.
(c) Clean them.
(d) Buy new ones.

14. 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) Steal it at the market.
(b) Prays to the gods.
(c) Sell his schoolbooks.
(d) Steal it from Rajam’s house.

15. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) Granny Needs Lemons.
(b) Swami’s Dislikes His New School.
(c) Granny Falls Ill.
(d) Granny Shows Her Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the headmaster doing when Rajam and Swami enter in Chapter 14?

2. Whose turban does Mani say he wants to dye with ink on the last day of school?

3. What does Swami do with ink in the excitement of the last day of school?

4. 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?

5. What does Mani offer to do in Chapter 11 as punishment for hurting Swami in Chapter 10?

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