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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the school clerk tell Mani he should draw in order to study for exams?
(a) Scenes from the Bible.
(b) Maps.
(c) A diagram of the school.
(d) Portraits.

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

4. What does Swami play with in the gutters near his house?
(a) A piece of wood.
(b) A coin.
(c) A leaf.
(d) A paper boat.

5. How does Swami feel when his Granny tells stories of her husband?
(a) Bored.
(b) Happy.
(c) Eager.
(d) Interested.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Swami tells his father that his scripture teacher yanked his ear, his father writes a letter to the headmaster saying that the scripture teacher did what to Swami?

2. Who does Swami see entering his mother’s room while she is in labor?

3. Who is following Swam at the end of Chapter 4?

4. Whose leg is Swami surprised to see he is scratching at in Rajam’s room in Chapter 6?

5. What does Mani tell Swami he plans to do to Rajam at the start of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the exchange between Rajam and his cook when Mani and Swami first visit in Chapter 3.

2. Describe Swami’s conversation with Granny about Rajam at the start of Chapter 3.

3. What impresses Swami and Mani about Rajam’s house on their first visit in Chapter 3?

4. Describe Swami’s visit to his mother’s room at the start of Chapter 7?

5. What does Mani talk to Swami about while walking to Rajam’s to find out what their promised surprise is in Chapter 6?

6. Why does Swami’s scripture teacher, Mr. Ebenezar, call the class idiots?

7. What happens when Swami finds his friends, including Sankar and the Pea, playing a game under a tamarind tree in Chapter 4?

8. How does Swami’s father react to the examination list Swami has written in Chapter 8?

9. What does Mani tell Swami he plans to do to Rajam in Chapter 2?

10. In what ways does Rajam, the new student in Chapter 2, impress Swami?

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