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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 does the town official tell Mr. Chawla about Rama?

2. In Chapter 16, what is there talk of building at the orchard?

3. In Chapter 16, what is bothering Sampath that is coming soon?

4. Where is one of Sampath’s pictures published?

5. In Chapter 18, what makes people believe the monkeys are dangerous?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there a photographer at the orchard and what happens with him?

2. How is Sampath feeling about the orchard with all that is going on by Chaper 21?

3. Why is the Hungry Hop boy not outside in Chapter 22?

4. What does Sampath do when the monkeys return to the compound, and then what do the monkeys do?

5. What are the three plans that Verma, the Chief Medical Officer and the Brigadier come up with to solve the monkey problem?

6. What do the monkeys do when they come back from the bazaar drunk?

7. What happens when the three men with plans for the monkey problem ask Sampath for his blessing?

8. How does the Hungry Hop boy feel about the girl his sisters have chosen for him to marry, and how does he get out of the house?

9. What does Pinky decide to do about the Hungry Hop boy being afraid of her?

10. How does Pinky end up at the police station?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the wedding party, Sampath attempts to find a new identity and leave his old, unhappy life behind him. By mooning his boss and the wedding guests, Sampath is showing his true feelings about them--that is, total disregard.

Why do you think Sampath chooses the wedding as the starting point for his rebellion against his life? How might a wedding be symbolic of a new start for Sampath? Do you think his method of demonstrating how he feels about his boss and the guests at the wedding is immature? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Novels are made up on themes, or important ideas that run throughout the storyline.

Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Consider the following questions as you write: Examine which characters are most concerned with freedom and about what their concern is centered. What are some symbols of freedom and of imprisonment? Discuss the characters that see themselves as "imprisoned" and what they think they need to be free.

Trace and analyze the theme of satisfaction with one’s life in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess be satisfied with their life and which are not? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The viewpoint of the character.

Imagine you one of the characters in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Discuss why or how you would act differently to various situations than the character you have chosen.

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