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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 does the speaker at the protest say they have become slaves of, which confuses Mani and Swami?

2. The exam question Swami found easiest was about a tiger who offered what to a Brahmin?

3. Whose arrest are people protesting at the start of Chapter 12?

4. What does Swami do with ink in the excitement of the last day of school?

5. Whose work holiday hinders Swami’s ability to see his friends in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rajam think of Swami’s actions during the protest?

2. What does Swami tell his drill master to try to get out of drill after school and how does the drill master react?

3. In what way does Swami’s father get in the way of his fun once his father is on vacation from work?

4. How does the headmaster punish those students who did not attend school and joined the protest instead in Chapter 12?

5. What plan does Rajam concoct to help Swami after the coachman steals Swami’s money?

6. Describe the headmaster’s final meeting with students after exams are over in Chapter 9.

7. How does Swami’s doctor react when Swami asks him for a certificate to get him out of drill?

8. What does Mani do to students after they are dismissed for vacation and how does Swami join him?

9. How does Swami react when his headmaster canes him for missing drill for a whole week?

10. Where does Swami feel he needs to runaway to after leaving Board School in Chapter 15 and what does he plan to do there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme of Swami and Friends?

Essay Topic 2

Without attempting to seek it, Swami experiences the political and religious conflict of the times. Analyze the moments when these conflicts enter Swami’s world and describe how they affect Swami.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about how the birth of Swami’s brother develops the theme of growing up in Swami and friends.

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