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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 "When the Trees Walked," in what surprising place does the grandfather plant trees?
(a) On top of the garden shed.
(b) In his house.
(c) In the forest.
(d) In a broken-down carriage.

2. In "The Overcoat," what does the narrator find when he tries to go to Julie's house to get his coat back?
(a) The house is in ruins.
(b) There is actually no such house.
(c) The family who lives there has never heard of Julie.
(d) The house is on fire.

3. In "Those Three Bears," when Prem shouts, how do his children react?
(a) They come out to help scare the bear away.
(b) They wake their mother, crying.
(c) They come running out with Prem's shotgun.
(d) They watch from the windows of the house.

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

5. In "Wild Fruit," what is ironic about the lessons Vijay listens to at school?
(a) He has to take cooking classes, but there is nothing at home to cook.
(b) Many of the lessons are about farming, and his parents are already farmers.
(c) The teacher gives boring lectures about virtues that Vijay already shows.
(d) He wants to be a farmer, but he cannot learn anything about farming at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wild Fruit," how does Vijay try to feed himself in between his breakfast and dinner?

2. In "The Thief's Story," how many years apart are Romi and Hari?

3. In "The Tunnel," what is the tunnel watchman's name?

4. In "The Thief's Story," what does Romi give to a stray dog?

5. In "When the Trees Walked," what job has the grandfather retired from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "When the Trees Walked," in what sense do the trees "walk"?

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

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

6. In "Pret in the House," what happens with the ghost at the end of the story, and how does the reader know this?

7. In "Those Three Bears," what do the villagers do with their pumpkins, and how does this cause a surprise for the narrator one night?

8. Why is the narrator of "The Overcoat" unconcerned that neither he nor anyone at the party knows Julie?

9. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," what object does Miss Mackenzie share with Anil, and what happens to this object in the end of the story?

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

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