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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," where do the narrator and Prem hide to watch the adult female bear?

2. In "The Thief's Story," what does Hari do when he goes to the market for Romi?

3. In "A Traveller's Tale," who was the original owner of the rest house?

4. In "The Thief's Story," how many years apart are Romi and Hari?

5. In "The Thief's Story," what business does Romi live above?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "When the Trees Walked," what changes in the family's life are caused by World War Two?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "Goodbye, Miss Mackenzie," why does Miss Mackenzie want to go to the tall mountain, and what is stopping her from going there?

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

10. In "The Coral Tree," why is the narrator leaving his grandfather's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that examines the motif of "legacies" in Great Stories for Children. Choose at least three stories in which older people pass something important on to younger people: knowledge, a possession, a passion, etc. Use evidence from these stories to support a claim about how the "legacies" motif works in this story collection.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that analyzes the use of the tiger as a symbol in "Tiger My Friend." Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explain the importance of setting in the story "A Special Tree." Use evidence from the text to support your claims.

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