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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did everyone in Trung's family think he was going mad?
(a) He kept on hearing Lan's voice.
(b) He kept on trying to take his own life.
(c) He decided to hunt for the crocodile that killed Lan.
(d) He kept on talking to himself.

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

3. How do fishermen paralyze hogfish?
(a) By covering its eyes.
(b) By pulling its tail.
(c) By creating noise.
(d) By ticking its belly.

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

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

6. Who does Nhuong's mother tell the old lady a story about?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A loon.
(c) A baker.
(d) A porter.

7. For which of the following reasons did humans keep monkeys?
(a) To send messages.
(b) To do their shopping.
(c) To pick coconuts.
(d) To fish.

8. Who would monkeys sometimes gang up on and kill?
(a) Cats.
(b) Wildhogs.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

9. Who does grandmother say once defended himself against a horse snake?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A candlemaker.
(c) A woodcutter.
(d) A carpenter.

10. What kind of creature covered the man's face?
(a) A dog.
(b) A at.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A rat.

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

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

13. How would an eel try to kill an adult duck?
(a) Bite off its feet so it would drown on its own.
(b) Bite its foot and pull it under the water.
(c) Lure it into the deeper parts of the water and then kill it.
(d) Poison it and then come back for it later.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the peddler brag he could do in a short space of time?

2. What did Trung's mother realize Trung should marry Lan?

3. How did the monkey ruin the old lady's life?

4. What did the son do for a living?

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

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