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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sampath is first born, what does he seem like to Kulfi?
(a) The smartest baby she has ever known.
(b) The perfect child.
(c) Alien to her.
(d) The most wonderful baby in the world.

2. Why did Miss Jyotsna have to get new clothes?
(a) She does not have to get new clothes.
(b) Her husband hates the color of her sari.
(c) Her sari was ripped off her.
(d) She burned her sari.

3. What does Amma want Kulfi to do in Chapter 1?
(a) Sit down and watch television.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Take herbs and sing.
(d) Take vitamins.

4. In Chapter 4, why is Sampath told to come to work early the next day?
(a) So he can take some documents across town by eight.
(b) He is getting overtime.
(c) His shift is changing to start an hour earlier.
(d) He did not get all his work done.

5. With what dos Mr. Chawla line the windows?
(a) Sheer drapes.
(b) Plastic sheeting.
(c) Fly traps.
(d) Duct tape.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pinky mortified around the ice cream boy in Chapter 9?

2. What does Kulfi know about Sampath?

3. What does the monkey take from Amma at the market?

4. Why does Mr. Chawla complain to his mother in Chapter 1?

5. When Sampath’s family and others gather beneath the tree in Chapter 7, what does Sampath say?

(see the answer key)

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