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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color clothing did Nhuong wear to camoflague himself from the otters?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

2. What did the author's family mainly grow on their land?
(a) Eggplant.
(b) Rice.
(c) Beans.
(d) Sugar.

3. What would Nhuong's father do during the evenings?
(a) Build furniture.
(b) Organize a party.
(c) Sing songs.
(d) Teach the children.

4. What were the houses in the village made of?
(a) Oak.
(b) Sugar cane.
(c) Tree bark.
(d) Bamboo.

5. What does Nhuong say disrupted his dreams?
(a) Death.
(b) Adulthood.
(c) Marriage.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which country is the story set?

2. What is the hog's skin usually covered with?

3. What is the name for a wild hog's home?

4. What did the author have to stop the water buffalo nibbling on?

5. What kind of people sought after catfish?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mr. Short lose his tail?

2. Why did Nhuong call his new buffalo Tank?

3. Why was the author's father so important to the village?

4. It what way did Tank prove to be very smart?

5. How did the thieves make sure that Tank could not thrash around and snap the rope that tied him to the tree?

6. What is an otter's party?

7. What did the villagers do with the wild hog?

8. How did the villagers travel from other villages and towns?

9. How did Nhuong's cousin tame a python?

10. What is the ideal buffalo?

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