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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. Which team has accepted the M.C.C.’s challenge at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) The Young Men’s Union.
(b) The Young Men’s Cricket Association.
(c) The Cricket Union of Young Men.
(d) The Malgudi Men’s Cricket Team.

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

3. What does the cricket team name they choose, M.C.C. stand for?
(a) Malgudi Cricket Coalition.
(b) Master Cricket Coalition.
(c) Master Cricket Company.
(d) Malgudi Cricket Club.

4. What is the title of Chapter 9 of Swami and Friends?
(a) School Breaks Up.
(b) The End of Exams.
(c) Swam’s Last Day of School.
(d) Examination Day.

5. What is the title of Chapter 11 of Swami and Friends?
(a) Malgudi Summers.
(b) Father and Swami.
(c) Father’s Club.
(d) Father’s Presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the boys not send their letters to Sankar after they write them in Chapter 12?

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

3. After the coachman tells Swami he can help him for six pies, Swami does what to try to get the money after nobody will give it to him?

4. What does Mani offer to do in Chapter 11 as punishment for hurting Swami in Chapter 10?

5. After the mob leaves the Board School, who does Swami notice among the constables?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mani, Rajam, and Swami go about ordering equipment for their new cricket team in Chapter 13?

2. How does Swam’s headmaster react when Rajam tells him his father is the Police Superintendent?

3. Describe the letter the M.C.C. sent to the Young Men’s Union to challenge them to a match.

4. What is Swami’s life like at Board School, which gets in the way of his cricket practice?

5. Where does Swami feel he needs to runaway to after leaving Board School in Chapter 15 and what does he plan to do there?

6. How does Rajam offer to help Swami try to make it to practice on time in Chapter 14?

7. How does the headmaster punish those students who did not attend school and joined the protest instead in Chapter 12?

8. What is the difference between Swami’s friendship with Sankar, Somu, and the Pea and his friendship with Mani and Rajam as described in Chapter 10?

9. What does Mani do to students after they are dismissed for vacation and how does Swami join him?

10. How does Swami impress his teammates at their first cricket practice and what nickname does he earn?

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