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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 was the man reading who refused to bow to the magistrate?

2. How many children did Jade Dragon have?

3. What can Dragon not do when he meets Minli?

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

5. What does Minli regret about her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had one of the soldiers seen on the piece of paper in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?

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

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

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

5. Why is Fruitless Mountain fruitless, according to Ba? How will it turn green?

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

7. Who made the rain start and stop in the Story of Fruitless Mountain? Who were her children? What became of them?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "theme" as it applies to literature. How is "greed" a theme in the narrative? How does Minli use the monkeys' greed against them in Chapter 14?

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

Where is the setting at the beginning of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon? In what country does the narrative take place? Is there an indication of the time period? How is Minli's village described?

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