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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 "Tiger My Friend," what do the villagers feel as if they have lost when the tiger is gone?
(a) Their friend.
(b) A connection to the forest.
(c) A way to make money from hunters.
(d) Their protector.

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

3. In "A Special Tree," what is it logical to infer from the detail that Rakesh "kept the last seed in his mouth for some time, rolling it round and round on his tongue until all the tang had gone" (2)?
(a) Rakesh is not sure how to politely get rid of the seed.
(b) Rakesh likes sour tastes more than he likes sweet ones.
(c) Cherries are a special treat and Rakesh wants to make them last.
(d) Rakesh is often very hungry because there is not enough food to eat.

4. In "A School Among the Pines," what does everyone think has happened to Mr. Mani when he is missing on the first day of school?
(a) They think that he has been carried off by a wild animal.
(b) They think that he has gone to the bazaar to buy flower bulbs.
(c) They think that he has gotten lost on the way to school.
(d) They think that he has forgotten what day it is.

5. In "The Wind on Haunted Hill," what causes Usha to be late starting for home?
(a) She gets lost.
(b) She chases a lost cat.
(c) She stops to chat with her aunt.
(d) She forgets to bring her watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Rakesh at the beginning of "A Special Tree"?

2. At the end of "Monkey Trouble," where is the monkey?

3. In the end of "The Wind on Haunted Hill," what do Usha and the others think they hear someone saying over and over?

4. In "Snake Trouble," why does the family go to Lucknow?

5. In "A Special Tree," why does Rakesh's grandfather tell him not to plant the seed in the first place that Rakesh digs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Prakash characterized in "A School Among the Pines"?

2. In "A School Among the Pines," what makes Miss Ramola seem sophisticated to the students?

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

4. Why is weather so important to the setting and plot of "The Wind on Haunted Hill?"

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

6. Why are cherries in "A Special Tree" such a special treat for Rakesh?

7. Describe the narrator of "Monkey Trouble."

8. In "Romi and the Wildfire," who is Teju, and how does he get caught in the burning forest?

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

10. In "Snake Trouble," who hides the python in the family's picnic hamper, and why does he do it?

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