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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 "Pret in the House," what does the ghost substitute for the toothpaste?
2. In "The Overcoat," what holiday are the people at the party celebrating?
3. In "Pret in the House," the ghost hides Grandmother's spectacles. What is the ghost hiding?
4. In "The Tunnel," why does the watchman tell Suraj that the jungle is safer than town?
5. In "The Tunnel," why is Suraj waiting by the train tracks?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," what reasons do the family have for thinking that the roof will last through any storm?
2. In "A Traveller's Tale," where does the narrator believe that his passport is, and how does he get it back?
3. In "The Night the Roof Blew Off," how do the children make important contributions to saving the family's possessions?
4. In "And Now We are Twelve," who are the people that Ruskin Bond considers to be his family?
5. In "The Coral Tree," what is the significance of the narrator's repeated claim that the girl is "fresh and clean like the rain and the red earth" (118, 121)?
6. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," why does Miss Mackenzie want to go to the tall mountain, and what is stopping her from going there?
7. Why is the narrator of "The Overcoat" unconcerned that neither he nor anyone at the party knows Julie?
8. In "A Traveller's Tale," what does the rest house staff tell the narrator about his overnight visitor?
9. In "Pret in the House," what happens to Uncle Ken while he is sleeping, and whom does he blame at first?
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
The collection Great Stories for Children features many stories that have children as main characters. Think about what these children have in common and how they differ. Write an essay that explores the importance of what the children have in common and explains what values are being conveyed by their similarities. Use evidence from at least five of the stories to support your claims.
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 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.
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