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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 is the title of Chapter 10 of Swami and Friends?
2. What does the coachman tell Swam he can turn copper into by putting it in a pot with special herbs?
3. What is the title of Chapter 13 of Swami and Friends?
4. Who is Swami always with once school vacation begins?
5. After the mob leaves the Board School, who does Swami notice among the constables?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Swami’s life like at Board School, which gets in the way of his cricket practice?
2. How do Mani, Rajam, and Swami go about ordering equipment for their new cricket team in Chapter 13?
3. Describe the headmaster’s final meeting with students after exams are over in Chapter 9.
4. How does the headmaster punish those students who did not attend school and joined the protest instead in Chapter 12?
5. How does Swami’s doctor react when Swami asks him for a certificate to get him out of drill?
6. What is Swami worried is going to happen to him when he leaves the club with his father in Chapter 11?
7. How does Swam’s headmaster react when Rajam tells him his father is the Police Superintendent?
8. Why does Swami’s father search near the Sarayu when Swami is missing in Chapter 16?
9. Which exam question does Swami find easiest and why does he second guess his answer when he speaks with his classmates?
10. What plan does Rajam concoct to help Swami after the coachman steals Swami’s money?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Swami experiences personal changes throughout the novel. In what ways does Swami change and in what ways does Swami remain the same? How do these changes develop the theme of growing up?
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