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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 had Lan dressed herself in?

2. What would happen if a fisherman pulled the fishline from the eel too early?

3. How did Nhuong's mother think the old lady should have kept her monkey?

4. Who did Nhuong use to drag eels from their nests?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How would fisherman catch the hogfish?

5. How did the monkey kill the butcher's child?

6. How does a fisherman capture a golden eel?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the humans and animals interact with each other? What problems would modern readers have with some treatment of the animals at the hands of humans? How could Nhuong justify his treatment of animals in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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