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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 "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," Miss Mackenzie sometimes buys eau-de-cologne in town. When she does this, what is she buying?

2. In "The Overcoat," what is the name of the house where Julie says she lives?

3. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," Anil falls in nasturtiums. What has he fallen in?

4. In "The Tunnel," where does Suraj leave his bike?

5. In "Those Three Bears," where do the narrator and Prem hide to watch the adult female bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "When the Trees Walked," in what sense do the trees "walk"?

2. In "The Thief's Story," where does Hari meet Romi, and why does he choose Romi to approach for work?

3. In "A Traveller's Tale," what does the rest house staff tell the narrator about his overnight visitor?

4. In "Pret in the House," what happens to Uncle Ken while he is sleeping, and whom does he blame at first?

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

6. In "Those Three Bears," what causes the young bear to fall from the tree?

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

8. In "Pret in the House," what causes the family to decide that they need to move to a new house?

9. In "The Thief's Story," why is it significant that the 50 rupee note is wet when Romi hands it to Hari?

10. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," what object does Miss Mackenzie share with Anil, and what happens to this object in the end of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay that analyzes the metaphor of "walking" trees in "When the Trees Walked." Explain the context of the metaphor in the story, and then analyze both its meaning and how it contributes to the overall theme.

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