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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is everyone in Shahkot hoping at the beginning of the book?
(a) More jobs.
(b) The president will visit.
(c) Warmer weather.
(d) Rain.

2. In Chapter 10, what does the Chawla family do at the orchard?
(a) Buy the orchard.
(b) Set up a booth to sell tickets to see Sampath.
(c) Set up living quarters.
(d) Fence off the tree in which Sampath is staying.

3. How does Pinky feel about her brother’s behavior in Chapter 6?
(a) Sad.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry.
(d) Embarrassed.

4. What does Kulfi think about all the time?
(a) The captain of the cricket team.
(b) How to get away from her hometown.
(c) Her father’s illness.
(d) Food.

5. For what is Sampath’s boss recruiting some of his employees?
(a) To keep the coffee pot full.
(b) To work overtime on the weekend.
(c) To take a cut in hours.
(d) To help with his daughter’s wedding.

6. What kind of course does Pinky want to take?
(a) A self defense course.
(b) A first aid course.
(c) A typing course.
(d) A cooking course.

7. With what does Mr. Chawla become obsessed?
(a) How to find a high paying job for Sampath.
(b) How to take advantage of Sampath’s fame.
(c) Finding Sampath a wife with a huge dowry.
(d) How to get Sampath out of the tree.

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

9. Who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?
(a) A reporter from an atheist society.
(b) A reporter from the local newspaper.
(c) A college professor from the philosophy department.
(d) A local holy man.

10. What does the monkey take from Amma at the market?
(a) Her new sari.
(b) Sampath’s new clothes.
(c) An advertising leaflet with Sampath’s picture on it.
(d) An ice cream cone.

11. What are Amma and Kulfi doing at the orchard in Chapter 8?
(a) Sending people away.
(b) Video taping the sessions with Sampath.
(c) Tending to Sampath’s needs.
(d) Trying to talk Sampath into coming home.

12. What do Sampath’s responses to visitors include?
(a) Information he already knows and lyrical words of wisdom.
(b) News out of the paper and personal information on the visitors.
(c) Obtuse sayings and information from the newspaper.
(d) Information he learned at work.

13. What does Mr. Chawla sell to orchard visitors in Chapter 10?
(a) Pendants with Sampath’s face on them.
(b) Guava branches.
(c) Flowers and garlands.
(d) A book of wise saying by Sampath.

14. Where does Sampath work?
(a) His father’s bank
(b) The grocery store.
(c) The post office.
(d) The library.

15. What do the police in Shahkot offer to sponsor?
(a) A pre-cricket match dance.
(b) A self-defense course.
(c) A registration of children in town.
(d) A frog wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings Sampath joy in Chapter 2?

2. Why is Sampath miserable at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. What does Kulfi offer Sampath when his father is criticizing him for his behavior at the wedding?

4. What is distinguishing about Sampath when he is born?

5. With what does Kulfi bribe the butcher?

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