The Guide | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* Raju sits in the temple for lack of anywhere else to go. Velan enters the temple and mistakes Raju for a spiritual guide.

Chapter 2 Abstract

* Raju met a barber who identified him as an ex-con. The barber listed crimes he could tell Raju did not commit, but...
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