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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ma and Ba conclude they should do after Ba's story in Chapter 15?
(a) Trust Minli.
(b) Distrust Dragon.
(c) Distrust Minli.
(d) Trust Dragon.

2. Who does Dragon say trapped him by the salty river?
(a) Bats.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Birds.

3. Who blames himself for filling Minli's mind with stories in Chapter 7?
(a) Dragon.
(b) Magistrate Tiger.
(c) The Goldfish Seller.
(d) Ba.

4. How many children did Jade Dragon have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

5. What does Minli run into after awakening in Chapter 8?
(a) A salty river.
(b) The forest.
(c) A house.
(d) A shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. The moral of Ba's story in Chapter 15 is that the secret of happiness is what?

2. Who does the beggar turn out to be in Chapter 22?

3. What does Minli do with the goldfish in Chapter 4?

4. What does Minli regret about her family?

5. How does the Buffalo Boy describe his beautiful female friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news did the Old Man of the Moon give to Magistrate Tiger in the Story of the Old Man of the Moon? How did Magistrate Tiger react?

2. What is the setting at the beginning of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon? Who is present in the opening of the book?

3. Where does Minli go when she leaves the Village of Fruitless Mountain? What leads her way?

4. Who made the rain start and stop in the Story of Fruitless Mountain? Who were her children? What became of them?

5. How did Magistrate Tiger meet the Old Man of the Moon in the Story of the Old Man of the Moon?

6. Where does Minli go with the Buffalo Boy in Chapter 21? Who does Minli run into there? What does he do?

7. Where does the Buffalo Boy Live? What story does he relate?

8. What happened when Lao Lao took sweets and wine to the Old Man of the Moon? What do Ma and Ba conclude from the story?

9. Why does the dragon tell Minli he was trapped in Chapter 11? Who trapped him?

10. What does Minli feel guilty for in Chapter 3? What does she do about it?

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