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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. The official in Ba's story in Chapter 15 told the family that if they didn't comply with orders, what would happen?

2. Who asks Ba to tell a story in Chapter 15?

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

4. What can the device Minli makes tell her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the goldfish seller tell Ma and Ba in Chapter 12? Who was Lao Lao?

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

7. Describe the Story of the Dragon Gate. What powers does the gate have?

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

9. In the King's story in Chapter 23, who had torn a page from the Book of Fortune? What did it say?

10. How did the dragon first come to consciousness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the literary element of conflict. What conflicts does Minli face in the novel? What conflict does Minli face with the tiger? How does conflict serve to propel the plot forward?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Xiao Mao and the lions which guard the City of Bright Moonlight. How did the lions come into existence? What character traits do they exhibit?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of friendship in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. How many friends does Minli meet along her journey? How do Dragon's actions prove his friendship?

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