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

2. What does Swami’s father have him to do his books instead of going out with his friends in Chapter 11?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Buy new ones.
(c) Clean them.
(d) Put them away.

3. 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 brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

4. What does Swami obsess about getting in Chapter 10 once vacation begins?
(a) His exam grades.
(b) A new bike.
(c) A hoop.
(d) A job.

5. Despite the oppressive summer heat, which part of day do Mani, Rajam, and Swami find most fascinating according to Chapter 10?
(a) Noon.
(b) Evening.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Swami realize is the ball picker at the club in Chapter 11?

2. Swami stays close to Mani on the last day of school because of a belief among students that what happens on the last day?

3. After stopping a village boy on a bullock drawn cart, who do Swami and his friends tell the boy they are?

4. 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?

5. What does Swami break on the school during the school protest after Gauri Sankar’s arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Swami relieved to find a protest outside of his school the day after Gauri Sankar’s arrest?

2. 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?

3. What happens when Swami’s father searches for Swami at Malgudi Station in Chapter 16?

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

5. What is Swami worried is going to happen to him when he leaves the club with his father in Chapter 11?

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

7. How does the coachman tell Swami he can help him get a hoop?

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

9. What does Swami become obsessed with obtaining while on vacation in Chapter 10 and what is it exactly?

10. Which exam question does Swami find easiest and why does he second guess his answer when he speaks with his classmates?

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