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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kulfi tell the rest of the family about Sampath in Chapter 6?
(a) That she is going to go live with Sampath.
(b) To leave him alone.
(c) That Sampath is mentally ill.
(d) That Sampath will be fine.

2. What does the rising sun in Chapter 2 reveal to Sampath?
(a) His best friend washing his car.
(b) His grandmother in the back yard.
(c) The ugly parts of his neighborhood.
(d) His father returning to the house.

3. What does Sampath finally do in Chapter 2 after he is unable to sleep?
(a) Writes an application for another college.
(b) Goes to his girlfriend’s house.
(c) Goes on the roof.
(d) Turns the television off.

4. What does Sampath want to tell his family when they come to see him in the tree?
(a) That he is getting married.
(b) That he will not be coming home.
(c) That he is happy in his new job.
(d) To go away.

5. When Sampath’s family and others gather beneath the tree in Chapter 7, what does Sampath say?
(a) Nothing, he will not speak.
(b) He tells his family and neighbors to prepare for a drought.
(c) He begins to tell people what to do based on the letters he had read at his job.
(d) He begins to preach of a mighty God.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what dos Mr. Chawla line the windows?

2. How old is Kulfi Chawla?

3. In Chapter 4, why is Sampath told to come to work early the next day?

4. When Sampath is first born, what does he seem like to Kulfi?

5. What does Sampath do with a pile of letters he is given in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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