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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Grandma get the doctor to give her his most powerful medicine?
(a) She gave him large tips.
(b) She forced her family to look sad when he arrived.
(c) She cried until he gave him.
(d) She threatened to tell his superior that he he was sleeping with his patients.

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

3. What kind of fields did the fish swim in?
(a) Coffee fields.
(b) Poppy fields.
(c) Rice fields.
(d) Corn fields.

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

5. What did Huong use as bait for eel fishing?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Earth worms.
(d) Ducklings.

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

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

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

9. What did the son do for a living?
(a) Woodcutting.
(b) Running a bar.
(c) Baking.
(d) Buying and selling.

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

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

12. What did the townspeople used to burn on the altar?
(a) Candles.
(b) People.
(c) Incense.
(d) Hogs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator name the person who insults his grandfather at the restaurant?

4. What does grandmother love attending?

5. How did Lan escape from the crocodile?

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