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

2. The dragon's gate leads to an entrance way to what?
(a) The sea.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The sky.
(d) The forest.

3. What name does Minli call her father?
(a) Ba.
(b) The Old Man of the Moon.
(c) The goldfish seller.
(d) Da-A-Fu.

4. What river flows near Minli's village?
(a) Jade River.
(b) Sapphire River.
(c) Diamond River.
(d) Ruby River.

5. How many coins does Minli own in the beginning of the book?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the old man tell the magistrate his son would marry?

2. How often does the Inner City open in the City of Bright Moonlight?

3. Who is the protagonist of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon?

4. What was the man reading who refused to bow to the magistrate?

5. Fruitless Mountain, Ba says, will only grow green when what happens?

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. What led to the dragon coming to life in Dragon's Story?

3. How does Minli overcome the monkeys in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

7. What story does the goldfish ask Ba to tell in Chapter 15? Who is in the story?

8. How did the dragon first come to consciousness?

9. 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?

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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