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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. What did Lan used to help Trung's mother to fix?

2. What was the name of the villain in the opera?

3. How do fishermen paralyze hogfish?

4. What would happen if a fisherman pulled the fishline from the eel too early?

5. Why did the crocodile leave Lan in the first place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the opera Nhuong and his grandmother attend in this section?

2. How did the monkey burn down the old lady's house?

3. How did Nhuong and the old man catch the white catfish?

4. How did the hunters eventually kill the horse snake?

5. How did Lan eventually escape the crocodile?

6. How did Nhuong's grandmother entertain herself in her old age?

7. How did Trung save Lan?

8. How does a fisherman capture a golden eel?

9. Why is a horse snake so dangerous?

10. How would fisherman catch the hogfish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Nhoung's relationship with his grandmother? How does her death affect him and how does he express his feelings within the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the problems caused by the following animals.

1. Wild hogs.

2. Tigers.

3. Horse snakes.

How do the village try to combat the problems these animals cause?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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