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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. In Chapter 4, why is Sampath told to come to work early the next day?

2. What does the local holy man tell the family in Chapter 7?

3. What does Kulfi know about Sampath?

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

5. Where does Sampath fall asleep in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sampath amaze Jyotsna with his knowledge?

3. 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?

4. How does Mr. Chawla feel towards Sampath at breakfast in Chapter 3? What does he do, and what is Sampath’s response?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Pinky is struggling with her life. She is trying to cope with a domineering father and a mother who has virtually abandoned her.

Discuss the ways in which Pinky’s life has been made both better and worse by her brother’s move to the orchard and his growing fame. Do you think Kulfi is aware enough to realize her daughter might feel abandoned?

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