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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 magically grows in the market after the beggar buries a seed in Chapter 21?
(a) A cherry tree.
(b) A peach tree.
(c) A apple tree.
(d) A pear tree.

2. How does Dragon carry Minli through the river in Chapter 13?
(a) In his mouth.
(b) On his tail.
(c) With his claws.
(d) On his back.

3. What does Minli put into a fishnet in Chapter 14?
(a) Rice.
(b) Leaves.
(c) A rock.
(d) Fish.

4. Who asks Ba to tell a story in Chapter 15?
(a) The Goldfish.
(b) The Old Man of the Moon.
(c) Dragon.
(d) A-Fu.

5. Why is Ma angry at Ba in Chapter 9?
(a) For not repairing the house.
(b) For going fishing.
(c) For telling Minli stories.
(d) For losing something.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the goldfish tell Minli in Chapter 4?

2. What do Dragon and Minli feast on in the forest in Chapter 16?

3. Where does Minli discover the King will be the next day from the Buffalo Boy?

4. Where can the King and his palace be found in the City of Bright Moonlight?

5. What happened to the paper in the box in Ba's story in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Minli think of the Buffalo Boy's friend when she meets her?

2. What did the Magistrate send an official to the family's house for in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?

3. How did Magistrate Tiger's son end up marrying the grocer's daughter? What is the moral of this story?

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

5. How did the dragon first come to consciousness?

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

7. What had one of the soldiers seen on the piece of paper in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?

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

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

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

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