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

2. Where did grandma elbow the rascal?

3. What did the peddler brag he could do in a short space of time?

4. What member of his family does Nhuong describe as physically weak?

5. What was the horse snake doing to get at the fish in the pond?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a fisherman capture a golden eel?

2. How did Grandmother save her family form bandits?

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

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

5. How did Lan eventually escape the crocodile?

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

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

8. How did the peddler catch the fourteen monkeys?

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

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

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

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

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

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