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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. How does Kulfi feel towards Sampath as Mr. Chawla is scolding him in Chapter 3?

2. What does Amma sell to visitors at the orchard in Chapter 10?

3. Where does the Chawla family seek help in Chapter 6?

4. What does Pinky do at the tree when she and Amma get back from the market?

5. What does the Chawla family do about their missing son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Sampath fired from his job?

3. What happens at the moment of Kulfi’s baby’s birth?

4. How is Pinky getting to work when Chapter 4 opens, and what happens with that form of transportation?

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

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

7. What happens to Amma and Pinky when they go to the denture market?

8. 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?

9. What is going on with Sampath at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Novels are made up on themes, or important ideas that run throughout the storyline.

Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Consider the following questions as you write: Examine which characters are most concerned with freedom and about what their concern is centered. What are some symbols of freedom and of imprisonment? Discuss the characters that see themselves as "imprisoned" and what they think they need to be free.

Trace and analyze the theme of satisfaction with one’s life in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess be satisfied with their life and which are not? Why?

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