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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 school does Swami attend after leaving his previous school at the end of Chapter 12?

2. What does Swami do with the headmaster’s cane when he takes if from him in Chapter 15?

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 13 of Swami and Friends?

5. Swami’s attachment to Somu, Sankar, and the Pea is referred to as purely what in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the letter the M.C.C. sent to the Young Men’s Union to challenge them to a match.

6. Why does Swami’s father search near the Sarayu when Swami is missing in Chapter 16?

7. What is the difference between Swami’s friendship with Sankar, Somu, and the Pea and his friendship with Mani and Rajam as described in Chapter 10?

8. What is Swami’s life like at Board School, which gets in the way of his cricket practice?

9. What is Swami worried is going to happen to him when he leaves the club with his father in Chapter 11?

10. Describe the protest at the start of Chapter 12.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Swami’s relationship with Mani. Use examples from the text to show how this relationship helps to develop Swami’s character.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Swami experiences conflict with many of the adults in Swami and Friends. Write an essay exploring these conflicts and their significance to the overall theme of growing up.

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