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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. Who pulls Tank away from the fight?

2. Where did the author first travel to with his father at twelve years old?

3. What did Hung make a dummy of?

4. What kind of mustard did the villagers grow?

5. What did each house have surrounding it to protect it from wild animals?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Nhuong call his new buffalo Tank?

3. How did the farmers use their dogs to capture the wild hogs?

4. How did the female otter protect her cubs?

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

6. Why are wild hogs so difficult to kill?

7. How did Mr. Short lose his tail?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a book? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

What does the story express about Vietnam before all the conflicts that struck down the country? How did war change Vietnam?

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