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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. When Swami finds his friends in Chapter 4 playing under a tamarind tree, what does Sankar tell him?
2. What is the name of Chapter 3?
3. Rajam begins to suspect they are not in Swami’s room because it appears to lack which contents of Swami’s?
4. What does Swami say a prayer for after it is no longer in his paper boat?
5. Whose leg is Mani surprised to find he bit in Rajam’s room in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Swami’s thoughts on the Infant Standard’s class described in Chapter 4?
2. Who does Mani visit to find out what is on exams and what does this person tell Mani?
3. What does Mani tell Swami he plans to do to Rajam in Chapter 2?
4. How does Mani show his allegiance to Swami when he finds out about his new nickname of Tail in Chapter 5?
5. Describe Swami’s conversation with Granny about Rajam at the start of Chapter 3.
6. How does Swami’s father react to the examination list Swami has written in Chapter 8?
7. What happens when Swami returns to school after Rajam’s visit in Chapter 5?
8. What class does Swami stare at while bored in Vendanayagam’s class in Chapter 1?
9. Who are Mani and Swami surprised to see when they arrive at Rajam’s house in Chapter 5 and why are they there?
10. What does the Pea tell Swami in class when Swami tells him of his new brother?
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
The story is told entirely from Swami’s perspective. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story from Swami’s point of view. How does viewing the events from Swami’s point of view affect the plot?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Swami’s tone with his mother and grandmother and his tone with his father.
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