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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the monkey ruin the old lady's life?
(a) Killed her baby.
(b) Took all her medication.
(c) Burned down her house.
(d) Threw her savings into the river.

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

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

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

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

9. How does Nhuong's father alert the community of the presence of the horse snake?
(a) Beating his chest.
(b) Blowing his horn.
(c) Blowing his whistle.
(d) Sending out smoke signals.

10. What does grandmother love attending?
(a) The mall openings.
(b) The theater.
(c) The cinema.
(d) Funerals.

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

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

13. What did Trung think Lan was when he saw her on the island from a distance?
(a) A bamboo cane.
(b) A tree.
(c) An ape.
(d) A bush.

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

15. What did grandmother use to stop the bandit?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A fire.
(c) A gun.
(d) A guard dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did grandmother eventually die?

2. What normally had separated the bathing area from dangerous animals?

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

4. What did the son do for a living?

5. During what season did Nhuong and his cousin like to catch fish?

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