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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While people are throwing foreign made clothing into the fire, what item does Swami throw in after being told it is foreign made?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His cap.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His dhoti.

3. What does Granny want Swami to buy for her stomach pain before cricket practice in Chapter 14?
(a) Mint.
(b) Lemons.
(c) Limes.
(d) Medicine.

4. 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 teachers.
(c) Swami’s Father.
(d) The drill sergeant.

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

6. What does Swami’s father call the Deputy Superintendent when recounting the day of protests to Swami’s mother in Chapter 12?
(a) A great man.
(b) A savior.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A monster.

7. Which team has accepted the M.C.C.’s challenge at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) The Young Men’s Cricket Association.
(b) The Cricket Union of Young Men.
(c) The Young Men’s Union.
(d) The Malgudi Men’s Cricket Team.

8. What does Sankar tell Swami his father got him for school vacation?
(a) Books.
(b) Toys.
(c) Spending money.
(d) A trip.

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

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

11. Whose arrest are people protesting at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Gauri Sankar.
(c) Mahabharata.
(d) Ramayana.

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

13. What does Mani pour over students as they leave school on the last day?
(a) Chalk dust.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Ink.
(d) Milk.

14. What does the speaker at the protest say they have become slaves of, which confuses Mani and Swami?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Schools.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Englishmen.

15. Where is Swami’s father searching for Swami at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) The woods.
(b) Nallapin Grove.
(c) The Sarayu River.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the coachman tell Swam he can turn copper into by putting it in a pot with special herbs?

2. What does Swami do with the headmaster’s cane when he takes if from him in Chapter 15?

3. Swami stays close to Mani on the last day of school because of a belief among students that what happens on the last day?

4. What does Swami have after school, which makes it hard to get to cricket practice on time?

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

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