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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. The family patriarch of Da-Fu's ancestors led his family up the mountain to eat good food and do what to enjoy their last happiness together before they were killed?
(a) Sing songs.
(b) View wildlife.
(c) Pick berries.
(d) Fly kites.

2. Where do Minli and Dragon decide to spend the night in Chapter 27?
(a) A cave.
(b) At the Inn.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) Next to the river.

3. What did the Green Tiger demand every month to leave the village in peace in Chapter 36?
(a) One panda.
(b) Two children.
(c) Twelve hawks.
(d) Five goats.

4. Who is the father of the girl who was friends with the Buffalo Boy?
(a) Ba.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Magistrate Tiger.
(d) The Old Man of the Moon.

5. Who had Ba once seen carry a small dragon pearl?
(a) Jade Dragon.
(b) Magistrate Tiger.
(c) The Old Man of the Moon.
(d) The Emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 47, Ba points out that the rock Minli has brought home is what?

2. Where does A-Fu lead the Green Tiger in Chapter 30?

3. What did A-Gong discover the Green Tiger could not be fought with?

4. Who tells the story of the Dragon's Pearl in Chapter 40?

5. What does Minli notice on Dragon's arm as he consoles her in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Minli sneak out of in Chapter 26? Who does she go see?

2. What changes do Ba and Ma undergo in Chapter 25? Why?

3. What does the Old man of the Moon tell Minli when she meets him? What question does she ask of him?

4. Who awakens Minli in Chapter 37? How do the villagers react to Dragon?

5. What happens when Minli and Dragon reach Never-Ending Mountain in Chapter 39? What solution does Minli come up with?

6. What did Heavenly Grandfather dictate in Ba's story in Chapter 40? What was born in the tale?

7. What subplots begin in Chapters 25-36? What obstacles does Minli face in this section of the narrative?

8. What story does Ba relate in Chapter 40? Who created a pearl in the story?

9. What story does Ma relate in the novel? What does she discover in telling it?

10. Where had the orphan girl's brother been taken in Chapter 30? Who does she lead to the place?

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