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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 Mr. Chawla realize is part of Sampath’s appeal?

2. What do Sampath’s responses to visitors include?

3. What does Sampath find at the wedding when he sneaks into the house?

4. What does Mr. Chawla sell to orchard visitors in Chapter 10?

5. With what dos Mr. Chawla line the windows?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pinky feel about what sections her father reads in the newspaper? What does she find interesting in the news?

2. How does Sampath amaze Jyotsna with his knowledge?

3. How does Kulfi feel about Sampath living in the tree, and what does she do for him?

4. How does the Chawla family first react to Sampath living in a tree, and what does Kulfi say about it?

5. 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?

6. How does Pinky feel about all the attention given to her brother? What happens when she goes to the bazaar, and what does Mr. Chawla tell her to do about it?

7. 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?

8. What does Sampath do when he is given a pile of letters at work in Chapter 4?

9. Why does a reporter from the atheist society talk to Sampath, and what happens when he does talk to Sampath?

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 likes to have attention--he makes noise and demands to gain the notice not only of his family but of the entire neighborhood. He prides himself in having an important position at the bank. He feels superior to his son, whom he considers a failure with no ambition.

Discuss what Mr. Chawla’s need for attention says about his feelings about himself. Do you think there is a possibility that Mr. Chawla actually feels inferior to most people? Why or why not? How might Mr. Chawla’s need to be noticed relate to how he feels about his son?

Essay Topic 2

How a novel ends can play a big part of the readers’ experience and satisfaction in reading the book.

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

There are many different types of characters in a novel, each with their own role and purpose.

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.

Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the social criticism, satire genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel? What do you think is the difference between a social criticism satire and a historical novel or mystery?

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