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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the mother react to her son's death?
(a) She shot the doctor.
(b) She fell down dead.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She laughed.

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

6. What kind of snake does the author say the horse snake grew as large as?
(a) An adder.
(b) A python.
(c) A rattle snake.
(d) A brown snake.

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

8. How did Nhuong's mother think the old lady should have kept her monkey?
(a) On a chain.
(b) In a shed outside.
(c) In a cage.
(d) In a pit.

9. What evidence did Trung find at the river bank that suggested she had been eaten by a crocodile?
(a) Her ripped clothes.
(b) One of her fingers.
(c) Her blood.
(d) Strands of her hair.

10. What did the old lady keep with her after the monkey had ruined her life?
(a) A gun.
(b) A stick.
(c) A knife.
(d) A bow and arrow.

11. What did the peddler brag he could do in a short space of time?
(a) Capture a horse snake.
(b) Tame a wild hog.
(c) Train dogs.
(d) Train monkeys.

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

13. Why is an eel so prized by fisherman?
(a) It is delicious to eat.
(b) It is a sacred creature.
(c) Its skin makes for strong shoes.
(d) It is worth alot of money.

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

15. What did the baby snake live off while trapped in the bamboo?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Snails.
(c) Ants.
(d) Lice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role would grandmother play in her plays?

2. Why did everyone assume Nhuong's grandfather was a great karate expert?

3. What was the horse snake doing to get at the fish in the pond?

4. What was the name of the villain in the opera?

5. Who does Nhuong's mother tell the old lady a story about?

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