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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 is the title of Chapter 5 of Swami and Friends?
2. Swami discusses that Jesus ate flesh and fish and drank wine, whereas a Brahmin believes a god should be what?
3. How do Swami and Mani get past the locked gate at Rajam’s in Chapter 6?
4. What does Swami tell Granny Rajam once killed?
5. How many days has Swami’s mother been in bed at the start of Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Swami’s conversation with Granny about Rajam at the start of Chapter 3.
2. Why has Swami’s mother been in bed for two days at the start of Chapter 7?
3. What happens at Nallapas Grove between Mani and Rajam?
4. Which of Swami’s father’s arguments about why he should study for exams inspires Swami to study?
5. How does Rajam know the room they are in is not Swami’s during his visit to Swami’s house in Chapter 5?
6. What does Mani tell Swami he plans to do to Rajam in Chapter 2?
7. How does Swami’s father react to the examination list Swami has written in Chapter 8?
8. What does Swami say about Jesus in response to Mr. Ebenezar’s criticism of Hindu beliefs in Chapter 1?
9. What does Mani talk to Swami about while walking to Rajam’s to find out what their promised surprise is in Chapter 6?
10. What happens when Swami finds his friends, including Sankar and the Pea, playing a game under a tamarind tree in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Swami’s relationship with his father. Use examples from the text to show how Swami’s relationship with Swami develops his character and the overall themes of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about Swami getting swindled out of money from the coachman. What is the symbolic significance of this experience for Swami?
Essay Topic 3
Swami is punished at both of his schools for various responses. Write an essay analyzing the reasons Swami is punished and the methods of punishments used at each school.
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