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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. Why do the tradesmen on the mule caravan often stop in Momo's village?

2. What does Momo wake up next to in Chapter 3, The Giant Staircase and the Forest?

3. What term is relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial, religious, linguistic, and certain other traits in common?

4. What is the second of the three vehicles of Buddhism?

5. What is the name of the merchant Momo encounters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Momo traveling in Chapter 3? What does she hope to find there?

2. What does Momo think of her new surroundings and people in Chapter 3?

3. Who is potentially in Kapup when Momo arrives? Why does she want to hide from this person?

4. What does Momo do at age eight to get the Buddha's attention to her prayers? What do the priests tell Momo?

5. How does Momo get by along her journey? What suggestion is made by many whom Momo passes?

6. Whom does Momo run into while trying to escape in Chapter 3? What does she do?

7. What advice does Little Dorje give Momo in Chapter 4? Where does she go next?

8. Whom does Momo harass about wanting a dog in Chapter 1, The Gift of a Red-Gold Lhasa Terrier? What prayers does she say?

9. How does Momo go about naming Pempa? What fortune is foretold at his naming?

10. How does Momo feel at nightfall in Chapter 2? What happens at the end of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify the literary elements of exposition and rising action in plot structure. How do the events in Chapter 2 propel the plot forward?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of the traders in Chapter 4. What influence do they have on the protagonist's decision to move forward?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the location, geography, and climate of the Great Trade Route, the mountain Jelep La, and the region of Sikkhim. What obstacles does Momo face along her path?

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