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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. Why is Sampath miserable at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. As shown in Chapter 2, what does Mr. Chawla demand from his family?

3. Who drops a large supply of food outside Kulfi’s house?

4. What does Kulfi offer Sampath when his father is criticizing him for his behavior at the wedding?

5. When Sampath is first born, what does he seem like to Kulfi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sampath fired from his job?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what does the family finally do about Sampath staying in the orchard, and how does Mr. Chawla set it up?

4. Where does Sampath sneak off to during the wedding, and what does he do?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism is one way for an author to convey big ideas and concepts to readers.

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Desai chooses the symbols he does? Consider symbols such as the guava tree, the monkey troupe, and the Hungry Hop boy, and Kulfi’s hunger.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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