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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 kind of animals do Chottu and Nandu tend?
2. In "Snake Trouble," where do the train passengers spot the snake?
3. In "A School Among the Pines," who disappears during the class field trip?
4. In "Tiger My Friend," where does the tiger go to drink?
5. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what excuse does Romi say that he will use to get out of school for a while?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "The Wind on Haunted Hill," what story has Usha been told about the ruined settlement?
2. In "Snake Trouble," where does the narrator think that the python is living, and what is it eating?
3. In "Tiger My Friend," what problem is the tiger facing with its territory?
4. In "Monkey Trouble," why does Uncle Benji have to put up with Tutu?
5. In "Romi and the Wildfire," who is Teju, and how does he get caught in the burning forest?
6. At the end of "Tiger My Friend," what sound does Chottu hear, and what does it mean to him?
7. Describe the narrator of "Monkey Trouble."
8. In "The Wind on Haunted Hill," how is Usha scared twice by mistaken identities?
9. In "A School Among the Pines," what wild animal comes to live near Nauti village, and why?
10. In "A School Among the Pines," what makes Miss Ramola seem sophisticated to the students?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that examines the motif of "legacies" in Great Stories for Children. Choose at least three stories in which older people pass something important on to younger people: knowledge, a possession, a passion, etc. Use evidence from these stories to support a claim about how the "legacies" motif works in this story collection.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes the use of the tiger as a symbol in "Tiger My Friend." Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the ambiguous ending of "The Wind on Haunted Hill." What evidence in the text points to the conclusion that Usha really did see ghosts? What evidence points to another explanation? What is the purpose of leaving the ending ambiguous?
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