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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," what breaks and gets Miss Mackenzie's bed wet?

2. In "The Overcoat," Mrs. Taylor says that Julie died of "consumption." What did she die of?

3. In "The Thief's Story," what does Hari tell Romi in order to flatter him?

4. In "A Traveller's Tale," what is the name of the ghost who appears in the narrator's room?

5. In "And Now We are Twelve," how does Bond entertain his grandson on the way to school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "The Overcoat," what does the narrator discover when he talks to Mrs. Taylor?

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

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

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

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

10. In "Pret in the House," what happens with the ghost at the end of the story, 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 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.

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 in which you take and defend a position about the theme of the story "A Special Tree." Use evidence from the text to support your claims.

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