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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 appears and asks whether Dragon is Aunt Jin in Chapter 16?

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

3. Who made the rain across the land at Fruitless Mountain?

4. What does Minli run into after awakening in Chapter 8?

5. Why is Ma angry at Ba in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does the beggar turn out to be in Chapter 22?

3. Why does the dragon tell Minli he was trapped in Chapter 11? Who trapped him?

4. What does Minli think of the Buffalo Boy's friend when she meets her?

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

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

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

8. What actions do Minli and Dragon take in Chapters 13 and 14? Why is their passage through the forest blocked?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the themes and symbolism in the Story of the Buffalo Boy's Friend. How old is the girl the Buffalo Boy meets? What is the moral of the Buffalo Boy's story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Story of the Old Man of the Moon and the characters within it. How do the Old Man of the Moon and the Magistrate Tiger compare?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrative voice and tense of the novel. In what person is Where the Mountain Meets the Moon written? Is it in present tense or past tense? How does this affect the story?

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