Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What kind of atmosphere is created in the story by the inclusion of details like the Water Genie Iff?

A) Ominous

B) Comic

C) Mythic

D) Satiric

2. Which of the following is the clearest example of a comic element in the story?

A) The name of the Hoopoe Haroun rides

B) Haroun ending up in a Princess Rescue Story

C) Iff dropping the Disconnector in Haroun’s room

D) Blabbermouth juggling for Haroun

3. What do the characters of Rashid and Khattam-Shud have in common?

A) They are cowardly.

B) They are caricatures.

C) They are storytellers.

D) They are allegorical.

4. Which of the following ideas does the story most clearly support?

A) Fiction is entertaining, but it does not serve as serious a purpose as nonfiction stories do.

B) Made-up stories serve a purpose in everyone’s life, whether they want to admit it or not.

C) Even though fiction has the power to change the world, many people are untouched by its power.

D) Made-up stories can be both dangerous and helpful, and wisdom means knowing the difference.

5. What quality of Mr. Sengupta’s would Khattam-Shud most approve of?

A) His lack of imagination

B) His affair with a married woman

C) His ability to ask critical questions