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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 leaps at Minli outside the cave in Chapter 27?

2. Wu Kang was once a successful what?

3. Who had Ba once seen carry a small dragon pearl?

4. Who rescues Minli in Chapter 29?

5. Who tells the story of the Dragon's Pearl in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Heavenly Grandfather dictate in Ba's story in Chapter 40? What was born in the tale?

2. Who do the orphan girl and her brother turn out to be? What do they inform Minli about Great Green Tiger?

3. How is the rain described in the Story of the Village of Moon Rain?

4. Where does the orphan girl lead Great Green Tiger in Chapter 31? What happens to Great Green Tiger?

5. What does Minli build a kite from in Chapter 39? What does it become?

6. What does A-Gong do to help Dragon in Chapter 33? What does he tell Minli?

7. Where does Minli sneak out of in Chapter 26? Who does she go see?

8. Where do A-Fu and Da-Fu take Minli in Chapter 34? What story is related along the way?

9. What does Minli encounter while trying to get to the village in Chapter 30?

10. What do A-Fu's family do to help heal Minli in Chapter 36?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe on the setting of the City of Bright Moonlight and the character of the Buffalo Boy. Why does the Buffalo Boy have a buffalo with him? Where does the Buffalo Boy live? How old is he?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe Grace Lin's childhood and location, career, awards and recognition, and major subjects and themes in the author's works. How is Lin's literary style described by critics and the public?

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