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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. Where is Swami’s father searching for Swami at the start of Chapter 16?
2. Swami’s attachment to Somu, Sankar, and the Pea is referred to as purely what in Chapter 10?
3. After examinations are over, the students listen to a speech from whom?
4. After being made to stand on his desk all day for missing school for the protests, what does Swami tell the headmaster he does not care for?
5. Who tells Swami he can get him an old cycle wheel for five rupees?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Mani, Rajam, and Swami go about ordering equipment for their new cricket team in Chapter 13?
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. Describe the headmaster’s final meeting with students after exams are over in Chapter 9.
4. What does Granny ask Swami to get for her and how does he react?
5. What is Swami worried is going to happen to him when he leaves the club with his father in Chapter 11?
6. How does Swami’s doctor react when Swami asks him for a certificate to get him out of drill?
7. What does Mani do to students after they are dismissed for vacation and how does Swami join him?
8. How does the coachman tell Swami he can help him get a hoop?
9. How does Swami impress his teammates at their first cricket practice and what nickname does he earn?
10. What does Rajam scold Mani for at the beginning of Chapter 11 while sitting but the trunk road?
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
Write an essay about Swami getting swindled out of money from the coachman. What is the symbolic significance of this experience for Swami?
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