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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 did everyone assume Nhuong's grandfather was a great karate expert?

2. What kind of snake does the author say the horse snake grew as large as?

3. What role would grandmother play in her plays?

4. Who would always play the hero in grandmas' plays?

5. Why is an eel so prized by fisherman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the peddler teach monkey to eat rice with a spoon?

2. How did Trung react to Lan's disappearance?

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

4. How did Lan eventually escape the crocodile?

5. How did Grandmother save her family form bandits?

6. How would fisherman catch the hogfish?

7. How did the peddler catch the fourteen monkeys?

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

9. How would grandmother get the doctor to give her his most powerful medicine?

10. How did the crocodile get at Lan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following questions to write a 400 word essay.

1. What do you think of Nhuang's treatment of animals in the book?

2. How do you think the war will effect Nhuang's life?

3. What do you think were the differences between rural and urban Vietnam during the 1940s?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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