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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. After being caned for missing drill for one week, what does Swami vow to put in Dr. Kesavan’s table-drawer?
(a) Red ants.
(b) A snake.
(c) Ink.
(d) Wasps.

2. After examinations are over, the students listen to a speech from whom?
(a) The Police Superintendent.
(b) The headmaster.
(c) Singaram.
(d) Mr. Ebenezar.

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

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

5. Whose turban does Mani say he wants to dye with ink on the last day of school?
(a) The Headmaster’s.
(b) Singaram.
(c) Mr. Ebenezar’s.
(d) His father’s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Swami go to see to try to get a note staying he can not go to drill for the week?

3. Who tells Swami he can get him an old cycle wheel for five rupees?

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

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Swami’s father searches for Swami at Malgudi Station in Chapter 16?

4. What is Swami worried is going to happen to him when he leaves the club with his father in Chapter 11?

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

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

7. What does Mani do to students after they are dismissed for vacation and how does Swami join him?

8. How does Swam’s headmaster react when Rajam tells him his father is the Police Superintendent?

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

10. How does Swami’s doctor react when Swami asks him for a certificate to get him out of drill?

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