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

2. What was the City of Bright Moonlight formerly named?
(a) Moon City.
(b) The City of the Far Remote.
(c) The City of Dim Moonlight.
(d) Lunarville.

3. What does Minli do with the goldfish in Chapter 4?
(a) Feeds it to the moon.
(b) She sells it.
(c) Gives it to her friend.
(d) Dumps it in the river.

4. Where is the orphan's hut in the City of Bright Moonlight?
(a) Far from the city.
(b) Near the Inner City.
(c) In the Inner City.
(d) By the castle.

5. What do Ma and Ba carry back into their village in Chapter 20?
(a) The Goldfish.
(b) Minli.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Firewood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Minli cook in Chapter 14?

3. What does Minli decide to use against the monkeys in Chapter 14?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Minli discover when she enters the City of Bright Moonlight?

4. Who does Minli first meet in the City of Bright Moonlight? What news does he relate to her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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