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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie" through "The Tunnel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Monkey Trouble," how does the monkey escape her confinement during the wedding?
(a) She finds an unlocked door.
(b) She climbs through a skylight.
(c) She chews through a rope.
(d) She picks the lock.

2. In "A School Among the Pines," what does Bina think is unfair about the new dam?
(a) It will not bring electricity up the mountain to where she lives.
(b) It will flood the homes of the people in the village.
(c) Her own village wants a dam but cannot get approved for one.
(d) People who will not benefit from it still have to pay for it.

3. In "When the Trees Walked," what job has the grandfather retired from?
(a) Teaching.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The Forest Service.
(d) Farming.

4. In "The Tunnel," what is the tunnel watchman's name?
(a) Girish Goswami.
(b) Sunder Singh.
(c) Mohan Bohra.
(d) Varun Joshi.

5. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," Miss Mackenzie sometimes buys eau-de-cologne in town. When she does this, what is she buying?
(a) Spice for cooking.
(b) Hair coloring.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Almond cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Special Tree," Rakesh goes to the bazaar. What is a bazaar?

2. In "The Overcoat," what does the narrator find odd about Julie's appearance?

3. In "A School Among the Pines," what do the children do to pass the time on their way to school?

4. In "The Wind on Haunted Hill," what is Usha's female friend named?

5. In "Those Three Bears," what seems to bother the adult female bear who comes at night to eat Prem's crops?

(see the answer key)

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