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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tank help catch the white catfish?

2. What did the old man's wife give Tank to eat?

3. Where did the farmer put his daughter before he ran from the wild hog?

4. What animals did the author look after on the family farm?

5. What does Tank push the buffalo into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mr. Short lose his tail?

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

3. Why were tigers such a nuisance to the villagers?

4. What is the ideal buffalo?

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

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

7. What would it have meant if Tank was killed by the bull in the section?

8. Why did Nhuong call his new buffalo Tank?

9. Why are lone wild hogs more dangerous than a herd of wild hogs?

10. How did Tank escape the thieves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would it have effected Nhuong and his family's life if the thieves had managed to steal Tank? Why is Tank so loyal to the family and the village, and what does this say about buffloas in general?

Essay Topic 2

How does one catch a white catfish? How does Nhuong make the task easier for himself?

Essay Topic 3

What the importance of the following animals to the village?

1. Water buffaloes.

2. Monkeys.

3. Otter cubs.

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