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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tank, the Water Buffalo, and My Cousin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the villagers have to travel across to get to the nearest town?
(a) A river.
(b) Hills.
(c) Mountains.
(d) A lake.

2. Why would a defeated buffalo run towards humans?
(a) For food.
(b) For help.
(c) To turn his aggression on someone weaker.
(d) To prove he was still a man.

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

5. What did the author name his buffalo?
(a) Yank.
(b) Big Bill.
(c) Tank.
(d) Percy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals did the author look after on the family farm?

2. What did the author's family mainly grow on their land?

3. Where did the author first travel to with his father at twelve years old?

4. How does a horse snake kill its victims if it doesn't bite them?

5. What were the houses in the village made of?

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