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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," Anil falls in nasturtiums. What has he fallen in?

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

3. In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," what wild animal ends up inside the house?

4. How old is the narrator of "The Coral Tree"?

5. In "Wild Fruit," what month of the year is it when Vijay sees the boy with the sweets?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Wild Fruit," what cruel trick does the well-dressed boy play on Vijay?

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," what causes the young bear to fall from the tree?

5. In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," how do the children make important contributions to saving the family's possessions?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the stories in Great Stories for Children contain aunt characters--and most of these women have similar personality characteristics. Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about what these "aunts" have in common and what purpose characters like these serve in the stories that feature them. Use textual evidence from at least three stories to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," it is the roof over the children's room that stays intact and allows the family to save their possessions and shelter overnight. Write an essay in which you make a claim about the symbolic significance of it being the children's room rather than any other room in the house that makes this possible. Use textual evidence from the story to support your claim.

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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