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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hog's skin usually covered with?
(a) Oil.
(b) Dung.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sap.

2. How did Tank help catch the white catfish?
(a) He stomped on the catfish.
(b) He blocked the cat fish's escape.
(c) He walked backwards with the fishline attached to his horn.
(d) He used his horns to fish the catfish out of the water.

3. How did Nhuong's cousin help him capture the otter cubs?
(a) He held the mother otter.
(b) He tempted them with food.
(c) He killed the mother otter.
(d) He blocked their escape.

4. What does Nhuong say disrupted his dreams?
(a) Death.
(b) War.
(c) Adulthood.
(d) Marriage.

5. What part of the wild hog is its most dangerous weapon?
(a) Its legs.
(b) Its teeth.
(c) Its tail.
(d) Its head.

6. What might the female buffalo do if Tank was defeated?
(a) They would follow the winner home.
(b) They would walk off a cliff.
(c) They would refuse any other leaders.
(d) They would eat their calves.

7. What would the otters eat at their party?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Grass.
(c) Roses.
(d) Fish.

8. How did the mother otter try to stop Nhuong from taking her cubs?
(a) She clawed his leg.
(b) She jumped on his back.
(c) She scratched his back.
(d) She bit his toes.

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

10. What kind of people considered Tank a prize?
(a) Buffalo thieves.
(b) Buffalo traders.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Fur traders.

11. What was the most feared animal on the river?
(a) An electric eel.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A horse snake.

12. Which part of Mr. Short's body did Hung cut off?
(a) His feet.
(b) His tail.
(c) His head.
(d) His eyes.

13. What is an otter's party?
(a) An otter's protest at problems on the river.
(b) An otter's march from one home to another.
(c) An otter's foray into the home of a human.
(d) A rare gathering of otter's at the riverbank.

14. What is the only part of a hog's body not protected by sap?
(a) Its throat.
(b) Its forehead.
(c) Its behind.
(d) Its belly.

15. Why were otter cubs the most prized?
(a) Their hide was worth alot of money.
(b) They could be taught to catch fish.
(c) They could be taught to follow commands.
(d) They were a delicacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say a tiger would sometimes turn into in its old age?

2. Where had most of the patient and obedient buffalo been raised?

3. Where did the two farmers hide from the wild hog?

4. Where did Nhuong and his cousin sell the otters?

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

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