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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 are the policemen not included in the plan in Chapter 22?

2. What is Sampath trying to do in Chapter 17 with which he is having a problem?

3. What do the monkeys do with the pots and pans in the compound?

4. Why is Sampath no longer happy with the orchard in Chapter 21?

5. How does the Hungry Hop boy feel about the girl to whom his sisters introduce him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man in the biology department think about when he is reading the article about the monkeys in the orchard and what does his wife say?

2. What happens when the three men with plans for the monkey problem ask Sampath for his blessing?

3. What does Sampath do when the monkeys return to the compound, and then what do the monkeys do?

4. What happens with the pictures the photographer takes of Sampath, and how does this change what is going on with Sampath?

5. How is Sampath feeling about the orchard with all that is going on by Chaper 21?

6. What new town official arrives in Chapter 20? Who his new assistant, and what does his assistant tell him?

7. What happens at the first proposal meeting at the DC’s residence?

8. What are the three plans that Verma, the Chief Medical Officer and the Brigadier come up with to solve the monkey problem?

9. Why does Mr. Chawla visit the Chief Medical Office? How does the officer feel about Mr. Chawla, and what does he tell Mr. Chawla?

10. What worries Kulfi about Sampath in Chapter 21, and what does she plan to do about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the wedding party, Sampath attempts to find a new identity and leave his old, unhappy life behind him. By mooning his boss and the wedding guests, Sampath is showing his true feelings about them--that is, total disregard.

Why do you think Sampath chooses the wedding as the starting point for his rebellion against his life? How might a wedding be symbolic of a new start for Sampath? Do you think his method of demonstrating how he feels about his boss and the guests at the wedding is immature? Why?

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

Often, authors will write about what they know, so sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting.

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Kiran Desai. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Desai's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Desai's probable agenda concerning that idea.

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