Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Grace Lin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Grace Lin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who did the magistrate think his son was marrying?

2. The moral of Ba's story in Chapter 15 is that the secret of happiness is what?

3. How much does Minli spend on the goldfish she buys?

4. What does Minli find trapped under ropes in Chapter 8?

5. Who had torn a page from the Old Man of the Moon's Book of Fortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the goldfish seller tell Ma and Ba in Chapter 12? Who was Lao Lao?

2. What led to the dragon coming to life in Dragon's Story?

3. Describe the Story of the Dragon Gate. What powers does the gate have?

4. What did the Magistrate send an official to the family's house for in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?

5. Who does the beggar turn out to be in Chapter 22?

6. Who made the rain start and stop in the Story of Fruitless Mountain? Who were her children? What became of them?

7. What does Minli discover when she enters the City of Bright Moonlight?

8. What had one of the soldiers seen on the piece of paper in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?

9. How do Ma and Ba feel when they discover Minli has left? What do they do?

10. How does Minli overcome the monkeys in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of the goldfish seller and his fortuneteller grandmother, Lao Lao. What is the moral of the goldfish seller's story? How does the goldfish seller play into the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe on the setting of the City of Bright Moonlight and the character of the Buffalo Boy. Why does the Buffalo Boy have a buffalo with him? Where does the Buffalo Boy live? How old is he?

Essay Topic 3

Define the term "theme" as it applies to literature. How is "greed" a theme in the narrative? How does Minli use the monkeys' greed against them in Chapter 14?

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