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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. How much does Minli spend on the goldfish she buys?

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

3. Pearl is the child of whom?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the dragon first come to consciousness?

4. What is the moral of the Story of the Paper of Happiness? What does the story make Ma and Ba decide?

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

6. How do Ma and Ba feel when they discover Minli has left? What do they do?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the literary elements of "exposition" and "rising action." How do these elements help to form the plot line in a literary narrative? How has the level of tension changed in Chapters 21 and 22?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term "parable" and how it relates to the Story of the Old Man of the Moon. Who are the principle characters within the story? Who was Magistrate Tiger and how is he described in the text?

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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