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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 "Tiger My Friend," what does Nandu tell Chottu to call the tiger?

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

3. In "A School Among the Pines," what do the children do to pass the time on their way to school?

4. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what does Romi say he wants to get for his bike?

5. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what creature does Teju say he had to jump over in the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator of "Monkey Trouble."

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

3. In "A School Among the Pines," what wild animal comes to live near Nauti village, and why?

4. In "Monkey Trouble," how do the narrator and Tutu end up in the bazaar while Ruby and Rocky are shopping for an engagement ring?

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

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

7. At the end of "Tiger My Friend," what sound does Chottu hear, and what does it mean to him?

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

9. In "Monkey Trouble," why does Uncle Benji have to put up with Tutu?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explains how shifting the narrative focus from the children to Mr. Mani and back in "The School Among the Pines" creates humor as different perspectives are revealed. Use textual evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the stories in Great Stories for Children feature acts of kindness--between people, between people and animals, and even between people and ghosts. Choose two stories that feature acts of kindness and compare and contrast how these stories use plot and characterization to convey ideas about kindness.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," it is the roof over the children's room that stays intact and allows the family to save their possessions and shelter overnight. Write an essay in which you make a claim about the symbolic significance of it being the children's room rather than any other room in the house that makes this possible. Use textual evidence from the story to support your claim.

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