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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 did Nhuong use to drag eels from their nests?

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

3. According to tradition, what does a banyan leaf usually cover?

4. What did the son use to make a wedding bed?

5. Who does grandmother say once defended himself against a horse snake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Trung save Lan?

2. Why does Nhuong have to keep his otter in a cage?

3. Why did Trung and Lan's family split them up?

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

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

6. How Nyoung's grandmother protect her husband in the restaurant?

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

8. How did grandmother cause the town to fear her husband?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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