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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 "Tiger My Friend," where does the tiger go to drink?
2. In "A School Among the Pines," what creatures keep getting into Mr. Mani's garden?
3. In "Romi and the Wildfire," what excuse does Romi say that he will use to get out of school for a while?
4. In "A School Among the Pines," how does Prakash characterize Mr. Mani when he is telling the other children about the school?
5. In "Snake Trouble," why does the family go to Lucknow?
Short Essay Questions
1. Near the end of "A School Among the Pines," what do the children find out about the leopard, and how does it change their perspective?
2. In "A School Among the Pines," what really happened to Mr. Mani on the day that everyone thought he had been carried away by a leopard?
3. In "Snake Trouble," where does the python first reappear, and who finds it?
4. How is Prakash characterized in "A School Among the Pines"?
5. In "Snake Trouble," what is Grandmother's reaction when Grandfather brings the python home?
6. In "Monkey Trouble," what does Tutu take from Uncle Benji, and what does she do with it?
7. In "Romi and the Wildfire," who is Teju, and how does he get caught in the burning forest?
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," what reasons does Romi give Prem for not spending the night at Prem's house?
10. Why are cherries in "A Special Tree" such a special treat for Rakesh?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Several stories in Great Stories for Children feature death or ghosts. Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about what this collection of stories is saying about death and the afterlife. Be sure to defend your ideas with evidence from all of the stories that contain ghosts.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the characterization of Romi in "Romi and the Wildfire." Use textual evidence to support your claims.
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