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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 the newspaper say about Sampath in Chapter 7?

2. What does Pinky do to a man who winks at her?

3. What do the goat herders say are in the woods?

4. What does Amma tell the person who wants to expose Sampath as a fraud?

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

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. How does the Chawla family react to Sampath’s disappearance in Chapter 6?

3. How did Kulfi end up married to Mr. Chawla?

4. How does Sampath amaze Jyotsna with his knowledge?

5. Who helps Kulfi deliver her baby? What is distinguishing about the baby? What is he named?

6. What does Sampath do when he leaves the bus in Chapter 6?

7. In Chapter 8, how is the Chawla family taking care of Sampath in the tree?

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

9. What is the problem in Shahkot, India, and what are some of the ways the people think to try and solve the problem?

10. What does Mr. Chawla do about his wife’s pregnancy? What does his mother suggest, and what does Kulfi do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Setting is both the location and the time period that a story takes place in.

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Is there more than one setting?

Essay Topic 3

A plot is the order of events that make up a story.

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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