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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Her own village wants a dam but cannot get approved for one.
(c) People who will not benefit from it still have to pay for it.
(d) It will flood the homes of the people in the village.

2. In "Monkey Trouble," what job do both Aunt Ruby and her future husband do?
(a) Work for the government.
(b) Teach school.
(c) Work in the bazaar.
(d) Tend goats.

3. In "The Wind on Haunted Hill," where does Usha go in the afteroon?
(a) To the bazaar.
(b) To school.
(c) To work in the fields.
(d) To see her friends.

4. In "A School Among the Pines," what is the name of the village where the dam is being built?
(a) Tehri.
(b) Tehri.
(c) Kaza.
(d) Koli.

5. On page 50 of "Romi and the Wildfire," what does Romi say when a villager asks him if he thinks he owns the road?
(a) "Sorry, Uncle."
(b) "Hush!"
(c) "I need to beat this fire!"
(d) "Of course I own it."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tiger My Friend," where does the tiger go to drink?

2. In "Monkey Trouble," what trick does the narrator teach the monkey?

3. In "Snake Trouble," what is the name of the village where the narrator lives with his grandparents?

4. In "Snake Trouble," what is the narrator's name?

5. In "Tiger My Friend," what do the villagers feel as if they have lost when the tiger is gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Tiger My Friend," why do the villagers leave the tiger alone at first?

2. In "Tiger My Friend," what problem is the tiger facing with its territory?

3. Describe the narrator of "Monkey Trouble."

4. In "Snake Trouble," what happens when Grandfather and the narrator go back to the bazaar to find the man who sold them the snake?

5. In "A School Among the Pines," the children sing a song on their way to school. What is the song about, and where did the children learn it?

6. In "Snake Trouble," what is Grandmother's reaction when Grandfather brings the python home?

7. In "The Wind on Haunted Hill," how is Usha scared twice by mistaken identities?

8. In "Monkey Trouble," what does Tutu take from Uncle Benji, and what does she do with it?

9. In "Snake Trouble," where does the python first reappear, and who finds it?

10. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what does Romi tell Teju to do with the milk cans, and why?

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