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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What normally had separated the bathing area from dangerous animals?
(a) A mud bank.
(b) A log barrier.
(c) A metal barrier.
(d) A net.

2. How did grandmother eventually die?
(a) She died of a heart attack.
(b) She died in her sleep.
(c) She died of the flu.
(d) She died of a stoke.

3. What killed the mother's husband in the altar on the roadside story?
(a) A hog.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A lion.
(d) An elephant.

4. Where does an eel build his nest?
(a) In the bottom of trees.
(b) Under the sand.
(c) In holes it makes in the riverbank.
(d) In the mud beneath the water.

5. What does the narrator name the person who insults his grandfather at the restaurant?
(a) A fool.
(b) A goat.
(c) A bull.
(d) A rascal.

6. What kind of lamp attracted the horse snake?
(a) A tiger lamp.
(b) A eel lamp.
(c) A catfish lamp.
(d) A hogfish lamp.

7. What did the son use to make a wedding bed?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Bamboo sticks.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Vines.

8. Why did Nhuong's cousin become a hero?
(a) He killed a horse snake.
(b) He saved an old woman from a tiger.
(c) He killed a wild hog.
(d) He saved a child from a python.

9. What was the name of the villain in the opera?
(a) Faithful One.
(b) Jimbo.
(c) Goodness Me.
(d) The Flatterer.

10. Where did Lan take her bath?
(a) The river.
(b) Her pond.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The lake.

11. What role would grandmother play in her plays?
(a) The wise old lady.
(b) The main hero.
(c) The young heroine.
(d) The narrator.

12. What kind of animal was it said the horse snake was as fast as?
(a) A leopard.
(b) A hog.
(c) A horse.
(d) A cheetah.

13. What kind of theater production did Nhoung and his grandmother attend on New Year's Day?
(a) A drama.
(b) A musical.
(c) Opera.
(d) A comedy.

14. What is the name of the farmer who discovers the horse snake?
(a) Lang.
(b) Lin.
(c) Beet.
(d) Minh.

15. What member of his family does Nhuong describe as physically weak?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Nhuong use to drag eels from their nests?

2. How did the mother react to her son's death?

3. What kind of river animals did the eels like to eat?

4. What did Huong use as bait for eel fishing?

5. What did the old lady keep with her after the monkey had ruined her life?

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