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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 does Momo pray for at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Whom does the gentleman who helps Momo in Chapter 6 know personally?

3. Who does Momo find at the Chinese trading shop?

4. How many children does the man who owns the Chinese trading shop have?

5. How much had the person who bought Pempa offered the Chinese trading shop owner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Momo marvel at in Kapimpong? Who does she hope to find there?

2. Where is Momo at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. How is the balance of adventure and fortune in Momo's life portrayed in Chapter 6?

4. How does Tsu Foo assist Momo? What is her story?

5. Where is Momo in the beginning of Chapter 7? Where does she go for help?

6. Who appears after Momo is captured in Chapter 8? Who is asked to translate for Momo?

7. Whom does Momo relate her story to after spending the night in the palace? What does she claim guided her journey?

8. What does Momo learn about the British gentleman from Big Dorje?

9. What does Momo think of her surroundings during her first stop in Chapter 6? What does she see there?

10. Who loses patience with Momo in Chapter 8? What does Momo do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the location of the giant staircase and the border from Tibet into India. How big was Kalimpong during this time? How steep are the mountains that Momo descends?

Essay Topic 2

What credibility did astrologers have in Momo's village and within her community? What role does astrology and superstition play in Tibetan Buddhist beliefs?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Momo and Tsu Foo. What similarities do the girls share? What differences? How do they each help one another in the narrative?

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