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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A School Among the Pines," why is Mr. Mani upset with Miss Ramola at first?

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

3. In "A Special Tree," what kind of animal eats the leaves off of the tree when it is still young?

4. In "Snake Trouble," what kind of creature is Popeye?

5. In "Tiger My Friend," who is Kundan Singh?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Monkey Trouble," how does Rocky Fernandes make friends with Grandmother and the narrator?

2. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what reasons does Romi give Prem for not spending the night at Prem's house?

3. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what happens when Romi and Teju finally make it to the stream?

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

5. Near the end of "A School Among the Pines," what do the children find out about the leopard, and how does it change their perspective?

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

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

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

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

10. What are some of the lessons that Rakesh learns from his grandfather in "A Special Tree"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the metaphor of "walking" trees in "When the Trees Walked." Explain the context of the metaphor in the story, and then analyze both its meaning and how it contributes to the overall theme.

Essay Topic 2

Several stories in Great Stories for Children feature death or ghosts. Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about what this collection of stories is saying about death and the afterlife. Be sure to defend your ideas with evidence from all of the stories that contain ghosts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the role of family relationships in the collection Great Stories for Children. Make an overall claim about the way family relationships function in the stories and then support your claim with evidence from at least five of the stories.

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