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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if a fisherman pulled the fishline from the eel too early?
(a) He would only gets its jaw.
(b) He would only get get half of the eel.
(c) He would get nothing.
(d) He would only get the contents of its stomach.

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

3. What did Trung's mother realize Trung should marry Lan?
(a) When he spoke her name in his sleep.
(b) When he cried when she forgot his birthday.
(c) When he threatened to kill himself after she had been offered a place at university.
(d) When he met her in secret.

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

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

6. What did the old lady's friend use to kill the monkey?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A stick.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

7. Why did the old lady keep a monkey?
(a) She was lonely.
(b) She needed protection.
(c) She needed help around the house.
(d) She was a monkey trainer.

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

9. What kind of eel did Nhuong want to catch?
(a) A gold eel.
(b) A brown eel.
(c) An electric eel.
(d) A silver eel.

10. What was found inside the bed's bamboo stalks?
(a) A mouse.
(b) An eel.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rat.

11. How did the old lady react to the death of the monkey?
(a) She laughed.
(b) She slapped the man.
(c) She cried.
(d) She fainted.

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

13. What was the name of the main protagonist in the opera?
(a) The Elegant One.
(b) Faithful One.
(c) The Strong One.
(d) The Fine Young Man.

14. What slipped through the log barrier to attack Lan?
(a) A hog.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A crocodile.
(d) A horse snake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Turng's wife?

2. Why did Nhuong's cousin become a hero?

3. How does Nhuong's father alert the community of the presence of the horse snake?

4. Why is an eel so prized by fisherman?

5. What kind of profession did the mother want her son to move into?

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