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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. Who answers the door at Mani’s house in Chapter 10 and frightens Swami at first?

2. While people are throwing foreign made clothing into the fire, what item does Swami throw in after being told it is foreign made?

3. What does Rajam tell Swami’s headmaster Mani breaks with the club he brought into his office?

4. What does Swami’s drillmaster call Swami in Chapter 15 when Swami tries to get sent home from drill?

5. Whose turban does Mani say he wants to dye with ink on the last day of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the headmaster punish those students who did not attend school and joined the protest instead in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

5. How do Rajam, Mani, and Swami treat the young cart driver who passes them in Chapter 11?

6. How does Swami react when his headmaster canes him for missing drill for a whole week?

7. How do Mani, Rajam, and Swami go about ordering equipment for their new cricket team in Chapter 13?

8. How does Rajam offer to help Swami try to make it to practice on time in Chapter 14?

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

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

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

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

Without attempting to seek it, Swami experiences the political and religious conflict of the times. Analyze the moments when these conflicts enter Swami’s world and describe how they affect Swami.

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