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

2. In "And Now We are Twelve," how long has Ruskin Bond lived in Mussoorie?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) Almost 10 years.
(d) Almost 40 years.

3. In "The Overcoat," what does the narrator find odd about Julie's appearance?
(a) She looks much older than she sounds.
(b) It is very old-fashioned.
(c) She is wearing party clothes.
(d) She is pale and seems ill.

4. In "Wild Fruit," what month of the year is it when Vijay sees the boy with the sweets?
(a) March.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) November.

5. In "The Coral Tree," what does the young girl want help with?
(a) Reaching some flowers.
(b) Carrying some cans of kerosene.
(c) A ride home.
(d) Finding a stray goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," Anil falls in nasturtiums. What has he fallen in?

2. In "Wild Fruit," what does Vijay notice in the bazaar every day?

3. At the end of "The Tunnel," where is Suraj going on the train?

4. In "A Traveller's Tale," the page 174 phrase "the sun glinting like gold on the great waves of the ocean" is an example of which literary technique?

5. In "When the Trees Walked," whose poetry does the grandfather teach the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "The Coral Tree," why is the narrator leaving his grandfather's house?

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

4. In "And Now We are Twelve," who are the people that Ruskin Bond considers to be his family?

5. In "A Traveller's Tale," what does the narrator expect to see in Gopalpur, and what is the reality?

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

7. In "The Tunnel," how does Sunder Singh spend his time?

8. In "A Traveller's Tale," where does the narrator believe that his passport is, and how does he get it back?

9. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," how do Anil and Miss Mackenzie meet?

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

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