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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 horse snake doing to get at the fish in the pond?

3. Complete the following title "the monkey and the..."

4. Who would monkeys sometimes gang up on and kill?

5. What kind of creature covered the man's face?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had the horse fish done in an attempt to get to the fish in the pond?

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

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

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

5. How did the crocodile get at Lan?

6. How did the peddler catch the fourteen monkeys?

7. How does a fisherman capture a golden eel?

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

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

10. How did Trung save Lan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is important for someone like Nhuong to learn in a village so close to wild animals? What does he still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how villagers manage the following in Nhoung's hamlet.

1. Buying and selling goods.

2. Traveling.

3. Making a living.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1940s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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