View a FREE sample

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 14?

2. What is the title of Chapter 15 of Swami and Friends?

3. After being made to stand on his desk all day for missing school for the protests, what does Swami tell the headmaster he does not care for?

4. What does Swami offer a boy at Albert Mission if he gets Rajam from Second Form A?

5. What is the title of Chapter 11 of Swami and Friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Swami become obsessed with obtaining while on vacation in Chapter 10 and what is it exactly?

4. 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?

5. How does Swam’s headmaster react when Rajam tells him his father is the Police Superintendent?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Swami visits Infant Standards at Albert Mission School a couple of times. Analyze Swami’s feelings toward the children in the class and interactions with the Infant Standards class. How do these moments develop the overall theme of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the voice of Swami’s father. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text and analyze whether this is a positive or negative voice.

Essay Topic 3

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 753 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample