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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. In an effort to sway the headmaster into letting Swami leave school at 4:30, what family members credentials do Rajam tell the headmaster about?
2. What is the headmaster doing when Rajam and Swami enter in Chapter 14?
3. Whose turban does Mani say he wants to dye with ink on the last day of school?
4. What is the title of Chapter 11 of Swami and Friends?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Swami tell his drill master to try to get out of drill after school and how does the drill master react?
2. What is Swami’s life like at Board School, which gets in the way of his cricket practice?
3. How does the headmaster punish those students who did not attend school and joined the protest instead in Chapter 12?
4. How do Rajam, Mani, and Swami treat the young cart driver who passes them in Chapter 11?
5. 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?
6. How does Swami react when his headmaster canes him for missing drill for a whole week?
7. What does Granny ask Swami to get for her and how does he react?
8. What does Rajam think of Swami’s actions during the protest?
9. Describe the letter the M.C.C. sent to the Young Men’s Union to challenge them to a match.
10. What does Rajam scold Mani for at the beginning of Chapter 11 while sitting but the trunk road?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Swami’s relationship with Mani and Swami’s relationship with his father. Use direct examples from the text.
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
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.
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