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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Minli's village in the beginning of the book?
(a) The Metropolis of Sunbeams.
(b) The City of Bright Moonlight.
(c) The Village of the Moon Rain.
(d) Village of Fruitless Mountain.

2. What happened to the paper in the box in Ba's story in Chapter 15?
(a) It blew away.
(b) It got burned.
(c) It got wet.
(d) It got lost.

3. What does the dragon's gate have the magical ability to do?
(a) Turn birds into fish.
(b) Turn fish into dragons.
(c) Turn clams into Dragons.
(d) Turn dragons into fish.

4. The moral of Ba's story in Chapter 15 is that the secret of happiness is what?
(a) Different for everyone.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Easily found.
(d) Not meant to be found.

5. What does the goldfish tell Minli in Chapter 4?
(a) How to get home.
(b) How to get to Never-Ending Mountain.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) The greatest story of all time.

6. What was it about the family that made the magistrate curious in Ba's story in Chapter 15?
(a) Their happiness.
(b) Their intelligence.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their language.

7. What did the magistrate's son's fiance have on her head?
(a) A mole.
(b) A sari.
(c) A scar.
(d) A crown.

8. What blocks Minli's and Dragon's passage through the forest in Chapter 13?
(a) Lemurs.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Birds.

9. What does Minli cook in Chapter 14?
(a) Rice.
(b) Papaya.
(c) Beans.
(d) Steak.

10. Who does Minli meet in the City of Bright Moonlight?
(a) The Goldfish Seller.
(b) Magistrate Tiger.
(c) Wu Kang.
(d) The Buffalo Boy.

11. Who was the man who refused to bow to the powerful magistrate?
(a) Dragon.
(b) The Old Man of the Moon.
(c) Ba.
(d) A-Fu.

12. How much does Minli spend on the goldfish she buys?
(a) 2 gold coins.
(b) 1 gold coin.
(c) 5 gold coins.
(d) 3 gold coins.

13. Who was once a powerful and ruthless magistrate?
(a) Magistrate Tiger.
(b) Magistrate Eagle.
(c) Magistrate Ba.
(d) Magistrate Dragon.

14. What does Minli leave for her parents before departing in Chapter 4?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A note.
(d) A gold coin.

15. What did the official tell the family they must place in a box in Ba's story in Chapter 15?
(a) 1 gold coin.
(b) The secret to power.
(c) The secret of their happiness.
(d) The secret to wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dragon say he was trapped by the salty river?

2. How old was the little girl who the magistrate ordered killed?

3. Who made the rain across the land at Fruitless Mountain?

4. What can Dragon not do when he meets Minli?

5. Who does Dragon say trapped him by the salty river?

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