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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. What is the major city which Momo passes through on her way to Calcutta?

2. What do the tradesmen of the mule caravan think of children?

3. What river does Kalimpong overlook?

4. What was the weather like when Momo traveled across the bridge in Chapter 4?

5. Momo's child theology sees both God and evil as _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What elements of Momo's character maintain her focus along the journey? How is this shown in Chapters 3 and 4?

2. Where does Momo discover the traders are headed with Pempa in Chapter 2? What does she decide to do?

3. Where does Momo initially depart on her journey in Chapter 2? What does she pass through?

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

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

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

7. Who comes to Momo's house after the monsoon?

8. Where does Momo wake up at the beginning of Chapter 3? What route does she begin descending?

9. What does Momo learn in Lingtu? Where does her journey extend after Lingtu?

10. Where did Momo first see a Lhasa Terrier? Why did her family not buy her one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the origins and history of Tibetan Buddhism and its role in Daughter of the Mountains. How is the theme of religion exemplified in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the location and history of Gnatong. What led many men to die there? How does the narrator describe the area in the text?

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the literary elements of objective and obstacle. What is the objective of Momo in the narrative? What obstacle does she face in attaining that objective in Chapter 4?

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