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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. Where does A-Fu lead the Green Tiger in Chapter 30?

2. Who awakens Minli in the village in Chapter 37?

3. What is the name of A-Fu and Da-Fu's village?

4. What color is the beautiful female dragon which Minli and Dragon pass on their way home in Chapter 46?

5. Where was Da-Fu dragged by the tiger in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Minli find when she reaches the moon in Chapter 42? What characters does she meet?

2. What subplots begin in Chapters 25-36? What obstacles does Minli face in this section of the narrative?

3. What story does Ba relate in Chapter 40? Who created a pearl in the story?

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

5. What happens when the Tiger leaps at Minli in Chapter 29? Who is injured?

6. Where had the orphan girl's brother been taken in Chapter 30? Who does she lead to the place?

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

8. What changes do Ba and Ma undergo in Chapter 25? Why?

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

10. Who awakens Minli in Chapter 37? How do the villagers react to Dragon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "protagonist" and how this role relates to Minli in the narrative. What is Minli's quest? How does she go about beginning her journey?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the characters of the fish and Aunt Jin and their role in the narrative. What magical elements are foretold in the fish's story?

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