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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Swami’s father searching for Swami at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) The woods.
(b) His house.
(c) Nallapin Grove.
(d) The Sarayu River.

2. Which Albert Mission students does Rajam tell the headmaster are allowed to leave promptly at 4:30?
(a) Sports players.
(b) Students with good grades.
(c) Students with perfect attendance.
(d) All students.

3. How many pies does Swami tell Rajam the coachman stole from him in Chapter 10?
(a) 6.
(b) 18.
(c) 3.
(d) 24.

4. What does Rajam call Swami’s headmaster at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) A monster.
(b) A lunatic.
(c) A madcap.
(d) A madman.

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?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

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

7. Whose arrest are people protesting at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) Mahabharata.
(b) Gauri Sankar.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Ramayana.

8. Where is Swami’s father when he touches a wet spot to see if it is blood in Chapter 16?
(a) Malgudi Railway Station.
(b) Swami’s Room.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The river bank.

9. Swami stays close to Mani on the last day of school because of a belief among students that what happens on the last day?
(a) Mani beats everyone up.
(b) Students who fail exams are caned.
(c) Enemies stab each other.
(d) The headmaster canes students while leaving.

10. Why do the boys not send their letters to Sankar after they write them in Chapter 12?
(a) They do not have stamps.
(b) They forget about the letters.
(c) They realize they do not have his address.
(d) They decide they do not like him.

11. After examinations are over, the students listen to a speech from whom?
(a) Mr. Ebenezar.
(b) The headmaster.
(c) The Police Superintendent.
(d) Singaram.

12. Swami answers the exam question about the Tiger and the Brahmin in one line, and he finds out later that a classmate wrote how much?
(a) Two pages.
(b) Four pages.
(c) One page.
(d) Three pages.

13. Who answers the door at Mani’s house in Chapter 10 and frightens Swami at first?
(a) Mani’s uncle.
(b) Mani’s mother.
(c) Mani’s father.
(d) Mani.

14. Whose turban does Mani say he wants to dye with ink on the last day of school?
(a) Mr. Ebenezar’s.
(b) The Headmaster’s.
(c) His father’s.
(d) Singaram.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker at the protest say they have become slaves of, which confuses Mani and Swami?

2. The exam question Swami found easiest was about a tiger who offered what to a Brahmin?

3. 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?

4. What does Swami have after school, which makes it hard to get to cricket practice on time?

5. In order to get Swami’s money back, who does Rajam concoct a plan to kidnap in Chapter 10?

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