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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 11 of Swami and Friends?
(a) Father’s Club.
(b) Malgudi Summers.
(c) Father’s Presence.
(d) Father and Swami.

2. Who comes to forgive Swami for his participation in the protests at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Rajam.
(b) Swami’s mother.
(c) Mani.
(d) The headmaster.

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

4. What does Rajam call Swami’s headmaster at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) A madman.
(b) A lunatic.
(c) A madcap.
(d) A monster.

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

6. What is the title of Chapter 12 of Swami and Friends?
(a) Broken Plans.
(b) Broken Windows.
(c) Broken Schools.
(d) Broken Panes.

7. What does the coachman tell Swam he can turn copper into by putting it in a pot with special herbs?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) A hoop.
(d) A cycle wheel.

8. What does Swami do with ink in the excitement of the last day of school?
(a) Dumps it on Mani.
(b) Dumps it on the school peon.
(c) Dumps it on his father.
(d) Dumps it on his own head.

9. Who tells Swami he can get him an old cycle wheel for five rupees?
(a) Mani.
(b) The tailor.
(c) Rajam.
(d) The coachman.

10. 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) Foolish.
(b) An idiot.
(c) Free.
(d) Brave.

11. 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) Three pages.
(b) One page.
(c) Four pages.
(d) Two pages.

12. In order to get Swami’s money back, who does Rajam concoct a plan to kidnap in Chapter 10?
(a) The coachman.
(b) Swami’s brother.
(c) The coachman’s son.
(d) Mani.

13. Swami’s attachment to Somu, Sankar, and the Pea is referred to as purely what in Chapter 10?
(a) Scholastic.
(b) Silly.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Cynical.

14. Despite the oppressive summer heat, which part of day do Mani, Rajam, and Swami find most fascinating according to Chapter 10?
(a) Morning.
(b) Evening.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

15. Who does Rajam say he will speak to in order to help Swami reduce his school workload so he can attend practice?
(a) The Board School Headmaster.
(b) Swami’s Father.
(c) Swami’s teachers.
(d) The drill sergeant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cricket team name they choose, M.C.C. stand for?

2. 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?

3. Who answers the door at Mani’s house in Chapter 10 and frightens Swami at first?

4. From which old friend does Rajam receive a letter while the boys are choosing cricket equipment?

5. Who is Swami always with once school vacation begins?

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