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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. The exam question Swami found easiest was about a tiger who offered what to a Brahmin?
2. What does Rajam tell Swami’s headmaster Mani breaks with the club he brought into his office?
3. What is the headmaster doing when Rajam and Swami enter in Chapter 14?
4. What is the title of Chapter 12 of Swami and Friends?
5. What does Swami obsess about getting in Chapter 10 once vacation begins?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Swami’s father search near the Sarayu when Swami is missing in Chapter 16?
2. What does Granny ask Swami to get for her and how does he react?
3. How does Swami’s doctor react when Swami asks him for a certificate to get him out of drill?
4. What happens when Swami’s father searches for Swami at Malgudi Station in Chapter 16?
5. How do Mani, Rajam, and Swami go about ordering equipment for their new cricket team in Chapter 13?
6. Describe the letter the M.C.C. sent to the Young Men’s Union to challenge them to a match.
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. How does Swami impress his teammates at their first cricket practice and what nickname does he earn?
9. What does Swami tell his drill master to try to get out of drill after school and how does the drill master react?
10. How does Swami react when his headmaster canes him for missing drill for a whole week?
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
Swami is punished at both of his schools for various responses. Write an essay analyzing the reasons Swami is punished and the methods of punishments used at each school.
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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