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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," what is the name of the village where the children live?

2. In "Monkey Trouble," which of the following is a pet that Grandfather keeps?

3. What is the name of the village where Rakesh lives with his grandfather in "A Special Tree"?

4. In "Tiger My Friend," what kind of animals do Chottu and Nandu tend?

5. In "Tiger My Friend," what suddenly changes the tiger's circumstances for the worse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "A School Among the Pines," why does Bina end up doing so much work at home?

3. In "A School Among the Pines," what really happened to Mr. Mani on the day that everyone thought he had been carried away by a leopard?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The collection Great Stories for Children features many stories that have children as main characters. Think about what these children have in common and how they differ. Write an essay that explores the importance of what the children have in common and explains what values are being conveyed by their similarities. Use evidence from at least five of the stories to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you take and defend a position about the theme of the story "A Special Tree." Use evidence from the text to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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