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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 were the monkeys trying to protect according to Dragon?
2. What does Minli tell the orphan she needs to find in the City of Bright Moonlight?
3. What do Ma and Ba conclude they should do after Ba's story in Chapter 15?
4. Where does Minli discover the King will be the next day from the Buffalo Boy?
5. What does Minli find trapped under ropes in Chapter 8?
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. What is the setting at the beginning of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon? Who is present in the opening of the book?
3. Who do Dragon and Minli encounter in the forest in Chapter 16? What does this creature ask?
4. Where does Minli go when she leaves the Village of Fruitless Mountain? What leads her way?
5. Where does Minli go with the Buffalo Boy in Chapter 21? Who does Minli run into there? What does he do?
6. Who does the beggar turn out to be in Chapter 22?
7. Where does the Buffalo Boy Live? What story does he relate?
8. What does Minli lament about her family? What does she do to change it in Chapter 2?
9. What actions do Minli and Dragon take in Chapters 13 and 14? Why is their passage through the forest blocked?
10. What does Minli think of the Buffalo Boy's friend when she meets her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the source material or inspiration for the Story of the Paper of Happiness. What is the moral of Ba's story? How does the theme of trust manifest itself in this tale?
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
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?
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