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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 "The Overcoat," where does the narrator find his overcoat?

2. In "The Tunnel," why does the watchman tell Suraj that the jungle is safer than town?

3. In "The Overcoat," what holiday are the people at the party celebrating?

4. In "The Tunnel," why is Suraj waiting by the train tracks?

5. In "The Thief's Story," what emotion does Hari imagine Romi having when he discovers the theft?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "A Traveller's Tale," where does the narrator believe that his passport is, and how does he get it back?

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

4. In "Those Three Bears," where is the narrator from, and how does the reader know this?

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

6. In "The Coral Tree," why is the narrator leaving his grandfather's house?

7. In "And Now We are Twelve," why does the family decide that it is time to move away from Maplewood?

8. In "The Tunnel," what animal ends up in the tunnel and what do Sunder and Suraj do about it?

9. In "When the Trees Walked," what changes in the family's life are caused by World War Two?

10. In "A Traveller's Tale," what happens when the narrator hears a tapping at his window at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the symbols of the ribbon and the coral tree in "The Coral Tree." Explain both what these items symbolize and how their meaning supports the story's meaning. Use textual evidence to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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