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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 "Those Three Bears," what seems to bother the adult female bear who comes at night to eat Prem's crops?

2. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," what breaks and gets Miss Mackenzie's bed wet?

3. In "A Traveller's Tale," how old is the narrator?

4. In "Pret in the House," what is the narrator's aunt's name?

5. In "A Traveller's Tale," what is "Brighton Villa"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is the narrator of "The Overcoat" unconcerned that neither he nor anyone at the party knows Julie?

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

5. In "Pret in the House," what happens with the ghost at the end of the story, and how does the reader know this?

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

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

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

9. In "And Now We are Twelve," who are the people that Ruskin Bond considers to be his family?

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about what the stories in Great Stories for Children can teach us about decision making. Make a clear claim about one main idea the book conveys about decision-making and then use evidence from at least three stories to support your claim.

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