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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 kind of pictures does Kulfi draw?

2. What happens when Pinky goes to the bazaar one day?

3. To what food does Mr. Chawla compare Sampath?

4. When Sampath’s family and others gather beneath the tree in Chapter 7, what does Sampath say?

5. How old is Kulfi Chawla?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Kulfi do when Sampath’s father is talking to him about getting fired? What happens after Sampath takes Kulfi’s offering?

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

7. Why is Sampath fired from his job?

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

9. Why does the reporter from the atheist society think Sampath might be on drugs, and what does the reporter decide to do?

10. In Chapter 7, how does Sampath end up being considered a wise man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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