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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 the Chawla family do about their missing son?
(a) They wait for him to come home.
(b) They call all his friends.
(c) They visit his girlfriend’s house.
(d) They go to the police.

2. What picture does Sampath think about on his way home from work in Chapter 4?
(a) A painting done by his mother.
(b) An ape with a very big, red bottom.
(c) A beautiful princess.
(d) A picture of a huge mansion.

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

4. What does Kulfi know about Sampath?
(a) That he will run out of things to say when he is no longer reading mail.
(b) That his father will come to appreciate him.
(c) That he belongs in the tree.
(d) That he will eventually come down.

5. Where is Sampath’s family going at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) His grandparents’ house.
(b) On vacation.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings Sampath joy in Chapter 2?

2. What does Amma sell to visitors at the orchard in Chapter 10?

3. How does Pinky feel about her brother’s behavior in Chapter 6?

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

5. What does Amma tell the person who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the reporter from the atheist society think Sampath might be on drugs, and what does the reporter decide to do?

2. How does Sampath amaze Jyotsna with his knowledge?

3. What does Mr. Chawla do about his wife’s pregnancy? What does his mother suggest, and what does Kulfi do?

4. How is Pinky getting to work when Chapter 4 opens, and what happens with that form of transportation?

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

6. Why does a reporter from the atheist society talk to Sampath, and what happens when he does talk to Sampath?

7. How did Kulfi end up married to Mr. Chawla?

8. What does Kulfi do when Sampath’s father is talking to him about getting fired? What happens after Sampath takes Kulfi’s offering?

9. What does Sampath do when he leaves the bus in Chapter 6?

10. How does Pinky feel about what sections her father reads in the newspaper? What does she find interesting in the news?

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