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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 "Snake Trouble," where did Grandfather work before he retired?

2. In "Monkey Trouble," what is the name of the narrator's uncle?

3. Why does Rakesh live with his grandfather?

4. In "The Wind on Haunted Hill," what is Usha's female friend named?

5. In "A School Among the Pines," how does Prakash characterize Mr. Mani when he is telling the other children about the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator of "Monkey Trouble."

2. Why is weather so important to the setting and plot of "The Wind on Haunted Hill?"

3. In "Snake Trouble," where does the narrator think that the python is living, and what is it eating?

4. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what does Romi tell Teju to do with the milk cans, and why?

5. In "Monkey Trouble," how do the narrator and Tutu end up in the bazaar while Ruby and Rocky are shopping for an engagement ring?

6. Describe the place where Rakesh lives in "A Special Tree."

7. In "Monkey Trouble," what does Tutu take from Uncle Benji, and what does she do with it?

8. In "Snake Trouble," what happens when Grandfather and the narrator go back to the bazaar to find the man who sold them the snake?

9. In "Romi and the Wildfire," who is Teju, and how does he get caught in the burning forest?

10. In "Snake Trouble," what is Grandmother's reaction when Grandfather brings the python home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the stories in Great Stories for Children contain aunt characters--and most of these women have similar personality characteristics. Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about what these "aunts" have in common and what purpose characters like these serve in the stories that feature them. Use textual evidence from at least three stories to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze the ambiguous ending of "The Wind on Haunted Hill." What evidence in the text points to the conclusion that Usha really did see ghosts? What evidence points to another explanation? What is the purpose of leaving the ending ambiguous?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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