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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Wild Fruit" through "And Now We are Twelve".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Special Tree," what kind of animal eats the leaves off of the tree when it is still young?
(a) A goat.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A cow.
(d) A deer.

2. In "Snake Trouble," what causes Grandmother to change her mind about the snake?
(a) It turns out to be female.
(b) It begins eating the field rats.
(c) It frightens Ruby.
(d) It kills a much more dangerous snake.

3. In "Snake Trouble," why does the family go to Lucknow?
(a) To visit Aunt Ruby.
(b) Grandfather needs to collect his pension money.
(c) That is where the narrator's new school is.
(d) They need to visit the bazaar there.

4. In "A School Among the Pines," which child is in Class Five?
(a) Sonu.
(b) Prakash.
(c) Bina.
(d) Rakesh.

5. In "A Traveller's Tale," the page 174 phrase "the sun glinting like gold on the great waves of the ocean" is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "A School Among the Pines," who disappears during the class field trip?

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

4. In "Tiger My Friend," who are the strangers who come to the village?

5. In "Snake Trouble," where is the last place that the family sees the snake?

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