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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lone Wild Hog, and Mister Short.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did each house have surrounding it to protect it from wild animals?
(a) A moat.
(b) Animal traps.
(c) A trench.
(d) Barbwire.

2. What does Tank push the buffalo into?
(a) A lake.
(b) A pit.
(c) A trench.
(d) A river.

3. Why did lowland buffalo not make good fighters?
(a) They never had to look after themselves.
(b) They were spoiled.
(c) They were not brought up with fierce animals.
(d) They had a different diet.

4. What does the author say the villagers became during the dry season?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Vegetarians.
(c) Lazy.
(d) The hunted.

5. Who pulls Tank away from the fight?
(a) Nhuong's cousin.
(b) Nhuong's brother.
(c) Nhuong's father.
(d) Nhuong.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which country is the story set?

2. What would Nhuong's father do during the evenings?

3. What did the author name his buffalo?

4. What kind of people considered Tank a prize?

5. What kind of birds did Nhuong's cousin steal from a nest?

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