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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. Why couldn't Nhuong stay for dinner?

2. What was the most feared animal on the river?

3. Where did Nhuong imprison the otter?

4. What does the author say the villagers became during the dry season?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the authors role on the farm as a child?

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

3. What did the author learn on his first trip to the jungle?

4. What is the ideal buffalo?

5. Why did Nhuong call his new buffalo Tank?

6. How did Mr. Short lose his tail?

7. Why are otter cubs so prized?

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

9. How did the villagers stop wild animals from getting into their houses?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the humans and animals interact with each other? What problems would modern readers have with some treatment of the animals at the hands of humans? How could Nhuong justify his treatment of animals in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the influence of the following people on Nhuong's life. What did each character teach him about life?

1. His cousin.

2. His father.

3. His grandmother.

Essay Topic 3

What was Tank's role as a buffalo in his herd? Why did Tank become so important to the village?

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