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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 Coral Tree," what place is the narrator getting ready to move to?
3. In "The Tunnel," what is the tunnel watchman's name?
4. On page 165 of "Wild Fruit," what does the detail about the "dullness in his eyes" tell the reader about Vijay?
5. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," what pet does Miss Mackenzie keep?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Pret in the House," what causes the family to decide that they need to move to a new house?
2. In "Wild Fruit," what cruel trick does the well-dressed boy play on Vijay?
3. In "The Thief's Story," why is it significant that the 50 rupee note is wet when Romi hands it to Hari?
4. In "A Traveller's Tale," what happens when the narrator hears a tapping at his window at night?
5. In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," how do the children make important contributions to saving the family's possessions?
6. In "The Thief's Story," what employment arrangement do Romi and Hari come to?
7. In "The Tunnel," how does Sunder Singh spend his time?
8. In "The Coral Tree," why is the narrator leaving his grandfather's house?
9. In "And Now We are Twelve," why does the family decide that it is time to move away from Maplewood?
10. In "Those Three Bears," where is the narrator from, and how does the reader know this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay that analyzes the characterization of Romi in "Romi and the Wildfire." Use textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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