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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 in Trung's family think he was going mad?

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

3. What does grandmother love attending?

4. How did grandmother eventually die?

5. What was the name of the main protagonist in the opera?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Trung save Lan?

2. How did Lang and Trung persuade their families that they should marry?

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

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

5. Why is a horse snake so dangerous?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Lan eventually escape the crocodile?

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 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 3

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

1. Buying and selling goods.

2. Traveling.

3. Making a living.

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