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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. Whose turban does Mani say he wants to dye with ink on the last day of school?
2. What does Rajam tell Swami he is after he tells him he is no longer going to school at the end of Chapter 15?
3. In order to get Swami’s money back, who does Rajam concoct a plan to kidnap in Chapter 10?
4. What does Swami’s drillmaster call Swami in Chapter 15 when Swami tries to get sent home from drill?
5. After stopping a village boy on a bullock drawn cart, who do Swami and his friends tell the boy they are?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Swami react when his headmaster canes him for missing drill for a whole week?
2. What does Granny ask Swami to get for her and how does he react?
3. What does Rajam think of Swami’s actions during the protest?
4. How does Swami’s doctor react when Swami asks him for a certificate to get him out of drill?
5. Where does Swami feel he needs to runaway to after leaving Board School in Chapter 15 and what does he plan to do there?
6. Describe the headmaster’s final meeting with students after exams are over in Chapter 9.
7. Why is Swami relieved to find a protest outside of his school the day after Gauri Sankar’s arrest?
8. In what way does Swami’s father get in the way of his fun once his father is on vacation from work?
9. How does the headmaster punish those students who did not attend school and joined the protest instead in Chapter 12?
10. How does the coachman tell Swami he can help him get a hoop?
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
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
Swami and his friends start a cricket team and it so happens that Swami has a talent for cricket, though his school gets in the way of his practice. Analyze the symbolic significance of Swami’s experience with cricket.
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