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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sampath finally do in Chapter 2 after he is unable to sleep?
2. Where does the Chawla family seek help in Chapter 6?
3. What happens when Pinky goes to the bazaar one day?
4. What does Mr. Chawla sell to orchard visitors in Chapter 10?
5. What does Kulfi collect in the woods and ponds?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Chawla family first react to Sampath living in a tree, and what does Kulfi say about it?
2. What does Sampath do during the night in Chapter 2? What does he see in the morning? What does his grandmother say to him in the morning?
3. What does the atheist spy decide about Sampath’s food? How does the atheist spy try to investigate it? How does Kulfi’s cooking relate to the number of hours Mr. Chawla allows people to see Sampath?
4. Why does the reporter from the atheist society think Sampath might be on drugs, and what does the reporter decide to do?
5. What is the problem in Shahkot, India, and what are some of the ways the people think to try and solve the problem?
6. How does Pinky feel about what sections her father reads in the newspaper? What does she find interesting in the news?
7. What does Mr. Chawla do about his wife’s pregnancy? What does his mother suggest, and what does Kulfi do?
8. In Chapter 8, how is the Chawla family taking care of Sampath in the tree?
9. What happens at the moment of Kulfi’s baby’s birth?
10. How does the Chawla family react to Sampath’s disappearance in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mr. Chawla reads aloud the article about the former post office employee who is living in a guava tree. The child-like man is spiritual in nature and has "unfathomable wisdom."
What do you think the author is implying about children and wisdom with the mention of this newspaper article? Explain the irony that Sampath is considered wise when his use of information he obtained by being dishonest is the cause of people seeing him as wise.
Essay Topic 2
People like and dislike books for different and personal reasons.
Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel and why Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is or is not a successful novel based on your criteria. Do you think Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?
Essay Topic 3
Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:
What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?
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