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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. Who does Swami realize is the ball picker at the club in Chapter 11?
(a) The coachman’s son.
(b) Mani.
(c) The Pea.
(d) Sankar.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swami obsess about getting in Chapter 10 once vacation begins?

2. After stopping a village boy on a bullock drawn cart, who do Swami and his friends tell the boy they are?

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

4. After examinations are over, the students listen to a speech from whom?

5. While people are throwing foreign made clothing into the fire, what item does Swami throw in after being told it is foreign made?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why is Swami relieved to find a protest outside of his school the day after Gauri Sankar’s arrest?

4. How does Swami react when his headmaster canes him for missing drill for a whole week?

5. Describe the headmaster’s final meeting with students after exams are over in Chapter 9.

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

7. How does Rajam offer to help Swami try to make it to practice on time in Chapter 14?

8. In what way does Swami’s father get in the way of his fun once his father is on vacation from work?

9. What does Swami become obsessed with obtaining while on vacation in Chapter 10 and what is it exactly?

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

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