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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. 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 cap.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His dhoti.
(d) His shirt.

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

3. 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.

4. What is the title of Chapter 13 of Swami and Friends?
(a) Swami’s New School.
(b) The M.C.C.
(c) The Cricket Team.
(d) Swami and friends play cricket.

5. In an effort to sway the headmaster into letting Swami leave school at 4:30, what family members credentials do Rajam tell the headmaster about?
(a) His brother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Swami’s father call the Deputy Superintendent when recounting the day of protests to Swami’s mother in Chapter 12?

4. Whose work holiday hinders Swami’s ability to see his friends in Chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Rajam concoct to help Swami after the coachman steals Swami’s money?

2. Describe the protest at the start of Chapter 12.

3. Where does Swami feel he needs to runaway to after leaving Board School in Chapter 15 and what does he plan to do there?

4. Describe the letter the M.C.C. sent to the Young Men’s Union to challenge them to a match.

5. What is the difference between Swami’s friendship with Sankar, Somu, and the Pea and his friendship with Mani and Rajam as described in Chapter 10?

6. How does the coachman tell Swami he can help him get a hoop?

7. What does Swami tell his drill master to try to get out of drill after school and how does the drill master react?

8. How do Rajam, Mani, and Swami treat the young cart driver who passes them in Chapter 11?

9. How does the headmaster punish those students who did not attend school and joined the protest instead in Chapter 12?

10. What is Swami’s life like at Board School, which gets in the way of his cricket practice?

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