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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Swami offer a boy at Albert Mission if he gets Rajam from Second Form A?
(a) A spot on their cricket team.
(b) A peppermint.
(c) A toy.
(d) Three pies.

2. What nickname does the M.C.C. give Swami after his impressive bowl at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Tail.
(b) Tate.
(c) Cricket Master.
(d) Best bowler.

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

4. 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) An idiot.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Free.

5. What team does Rajam ask Swami if he would like to start in Chapter 13?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Field Hockey.
(d) Cricket.

6. What does Swami do to a child in Infant Standards during the protest?
(a) He saves him from the mob.
(b) He hits him.
(c) He takes him into the mob.
(d) He hides him in the headmaster’s office.

7. What does the cricket team name they choose, M.C.C. stand for?
(a) Malgudi Cricket Coalition.
(b) Master Cricket Company.
(c) Master Cricket Coalition.
(d) Malgudi Cricket Club.

8. What does Swami have after school, which makes it hard to get to cricket practice on time?
(a) Work.
(b) Tutoring.
(c) Drill.
(d) Meetings with the headmaster.

9. Swami stays close to Mani on the last day of school because of a belief among students that what happens on the last day?
(a) The headmaster canes students while leaving.
(b) Enemies stab each other.
(c) Mani beats everyone up.
(d) Students who fail exams are caned.

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

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

12. What does Swami’s drillmaster call Swami in Chapter 15 when Swami tries to get sent home from drill?
(a) A foolish thing.
(b) A persevering swine.
(c) A troublesome oaf.
(d) A lying pig.

13. Who is Swami always with once school vacation begins?
(a) His baby brother.
(b) Somu and Sankar.
(c) His parents.
(d) Mani and Rajim.

14. What does Swami obsess about getting in Chapter 10 once vacation begins?
(a) His exam grades.
(b) A new bike.
(c) A job.
(d) A hoop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 10 of Swami and Friends?

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?

3. How often do Mani and Swami see each other after Swami changes schools in Chapter 13?

4. What does Swami’s father have him to do his books instead of going out with his friends in Chapter 11?

5. Who comes to forgive Swami for his participation in the protests at the beginning of Chapter 13?

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