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

2. What does Mani pour over students as they leave school on the last day?
(a) Milk.
(b) Ink.
(c) Chalk dust.
(d) Coffee.

3. Who tells Swami he can get him an old cycle wheel for five rupees?
(a) Rajam.
(b) Mani.
(c) The tailor.
(d) The coachman.

4. What is NOT one of the places Swami’s father attempted to search for Swami prior to looking for his body in the river?
(a) His School.
(b) The Market.
(c) Mani’s House.
(d) Rajam’s House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What school does Swami attend after leaving his previous school at the end of Chapter 12?

2. What does Swami tell his drillmaster he suffers from in order to get out of drill and get to cricket practice on time in Chapter 15?

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

4. What does Mani offer to do in Chapter 11 as punishment for hurting Swami in Chapter 10?

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

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

3. Which exam question does Swami find easiest and why does he second guess his answer when he speaks with his classmates?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Granny ask Swami to get for her and how does he react?

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

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