1. Did you guess how the folded pony and the silver hairpin would be used by the brothers in their confrontation with the Dragon King? What cues in the text contributed to your suspicion?

2. If the Dragon King is dead, who becomes the Dragon King?

3. Why would Yolen write a story in the tradition of Chinese storytelling but give it an ending she says is in keeping with European folk tales, not Chinese ones?

Could it have anything to do with who she thinks her audience is?

4. Why would the Dragon King's remains make the farm fertile and prosperous?

5. Were the Nagas lying when they told One Ox and Two Ox that their gifts would surely please the Dragon King?

Use evidence in the story to support your answer.

6. What purpose might the Nagas have really had when they helped the brothers?

7. Why did One...