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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the dragon's gate have the magical ability to do?

2. How does the Buffalo Boy describe his beautiful female friend?

3. What were the monkeys trying to protect according to Dragon?

4. Dragon is over how many years old?

5. What can the device Minli makes tell her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What does Minli feel guilty for in Chapter 3? What does she do about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the motif of magic in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. What magical elements have been revealed in the story? How do these elements relate to Chinese folklore?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the characters of Ma and Ba in the narrative. What qualities does Ba exhibit? How does Ma feel about her place in life? How do Ma and Ba impact Minli's decisions?

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary elements of symbolism and metaphor. What are examples of symbolism in the King's story? What are examples of metaphors?

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