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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. Fruitless Mountain, Ba says, will only grow green when what happens?
(a) Jade Dragon is reunited with her children.
(b) The Rain's of Good Fortune come.
(c) The sun comes out.
(d) Jade Dragon's curse is lifted.

2. Where does Ba say is the only place the Old Man of the Moon can be found?
(a) Never-Ending Mountain.
(b) Magic Mountain.
(c) Never-Starting Mountain.
(d) Mount Everest.

3. What did the official and his men encounter on their way back to the magistrate in Ba's story in Chapter 15?
(a) A snowstorm.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A hail storm.
(d) A strong wind.

4. What does Minli find trapped under ropes in Chapter 8?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A cat.

5. How often does the Inner City open in the City of Bright Moonlight?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every evening.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Every morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Minli's village in the beginning of the book?

2. How much does Minli spend on the goldfish she buys?

3. What do Ma and Ba carry back into their village in Chapter 20?

4. The official in Ba's story in Chapter 15 told the family that if they didn't comply with orders, what would happen?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the goldfish seller tell Ma and Ba in Chapter 12? Who was Lao Lao?

4. Who do Dragon and Minli encounter in the forest in Chapter 16? What does this creature ask?

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

6. How did the dragon first come to consciousness?

7. 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?

8. What does Minli discuss with the King in Chapter 23? What story does the King tell?

9. What does Minli lament about her family? What does she do to change it in Chapter 2?

10. What is the moral of the Story of the Paper of Happiness? What does the story make Ma and Ba decide?

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