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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the monkey kill the child?
(a) Strangled it.
(b) Starved it.
(c) Shot it.
(d) Chopped it up.

2. Why did everyone assume Nhuong's grandfather was a great karate expert?
(a) Grandma told everyone he taught her karate.
(b) He was always passively aggressive.
(c) His father was a karate expert.
(d) He was always weraing a karate suit with a black belt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the horse snake doing to get at the fish in the pond?
(a) Using a dead squirrel as bait.
(b) Tapping its tail to get the fish to surface.
(c) Splashing out water.
(d) Digging a tunnel.

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

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

13. Complete the following title "the monkey and the..."
(a) Old man.
(b) Kink.
(c) Old lady.
(d) Brotherhood.

14. According to tradition, what does a banyan leaf usually cover?
(a) A dead person's chest.
(b) A virgin's face.
(c) A dead person's face.
(d) A dead animal's body.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lan take her bath?

2. Who does grandmother say once defended himself against a horse snake?

3. How did Nhuong's mother think the old lady should have kept her monkey?

4. What character is the chapter Opera, Karate and Bandits dedicated to?

5. What kind of fish does the horse snake become intoxicated by?

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