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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 "The Overcoat," what holiday are the people at the party celebrating?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Holi.
(c) Diwali.
(d) Republic Day.

2. In "And Now We are Twelve," how does Bond entertain his grandson on the way to school?
(a) He teaches him about plants and animals.
(b) He plays the flute.
(c) He tells him stories.
(d) He sings him songs.

3. In "A Traveller's Tale," what does the narrator discover about the beach?
(a) The water is full of dead fish.
(b) It is polluted with human waste.
(c) It is covered with beautiful shells.
(d) It is much busier during the morning.

4. In "When the Trees Walked," whose poetry does the grandfather teach the narrator?
(a) William Dean Howells.
(b) Sarojini Naidu.
(c) George Pope Morris.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore.

5. In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," where does the water first start coming into the house?
(a) In the children's bedroom.
(b) In the front room.
(c) In the grandfather's bedroom.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pret in the House," the ghost hides Grandmother's spectacles. What is the ghost hiding?

2. How old is the narrator of "The Coral Tree"?

3. On page 165 of "Wild Fruit," what does the detail about the "dullness in his eyes" tell the reader about Vijay?

4. In "The Coral Tree," what does the young girl want help with?

5. In "A Traveller's Tale," what is the name of the seaside resort area?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Thief's Story," what employment arrangement do Romi and Hari come to?

2. In "Pret in the House," what happens to Uncle Ken while he is sleeping, and whom does he blame at first?

3. In "Those Three Bears," where is the narrator from, and how does the reader know this?

4. In "Pret in the House," what causes the family to decide that they need to move to a new house?

5. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," why does Miss Mackenzie want to go to the tall mountain, and what is stopping her from going there?

6. In "The Coral Tree," what is the significance of the narrator's repeated claim that the girl is "fresh and clean like the rain and the red earth" (118, 121)?

7. In "Those Three Bears," what causes the young bear to fall from the tree?

8. In "Wild Fruit," why is Vijay so hungry?

9. In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," how do the children make important contributions to saving the family's possessions?

10. In "The Tunnel," what animal ends up in the tunnel and what do Sunder and Suraj do about it?

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