Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the man in the biology department of the university think when he reads in the paper about rampaging monkeys?
2. What does Sampath feel as he looks at the beauty of the orchard in Chapter 16?
3. What does the new secretary tell the person who arrives in town at the beginning of Chapter 20?
4. What does Pinky asks Sampath in Chapter 23?
5. How does the Hungry Hop Boy feel when he thinks of Pinky in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the Hungry Hop boy not outside in Chapter 22?
2. What does Sampath do when the monkeys return to the compound, and then what do the monkeys do?
3. What happens with the pictures the photographer takes of Sampath, and how does this change what is going on with Sampath?
4. What brings the monkeys back into the limelight in Chapter 18, and what makes the community fear them?
5. 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?
6. What do the monkeys do when they come back from the bazaar drunk?
7. What is Kulfi searching for in Chapter 17? What are some of her ideas, and where does she go to look for it?
8. What is the Brigadier doing about the monkeys in Chapter 22?
9. What happens when the three men with plans for the monkey problem ask Sampath for his blessing?
10. What happens at the first proposal meeting at the DC’s residence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book.
Fully explain why you think Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? What do you think would be another interesting title for Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and why do you think that? How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
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
Sometimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than an action-driven plot, and sometimes it’s the other way.
What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven or action-driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and characters are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is?
|
This section contains 1,259 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
