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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 is the name of the man in the courtyard of the moon in Chapter 42?
2. Minli's family had given the dragon pearl to whom?
3. What is the Green Tea made of which A-Fu's grandmother gives Minli?
4. What color were the trees that grew from the seeds in the Village of the Moon Rain?
5. How long does Minli sleep in Chapter 35?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story does Ma relate in the novel? What does she discover in telling it?
2. What does Minli tell Dragon when she returns from the moon? How does Dragon regain the ability to fly?
3. What does Minli encounter while trying to get to the village in Chapter 30?
4. Describe the Story of Da-A-Fu's Ancestors. Who were the ancestors from another story in the narrative?
5. Who awakens Minli in Chapter 37? How do the villagers react to Dragon?
6. Where do Minli and Dragon decide to stay in Chapter 27? What is nearby?
7. How is the rain described in the Story of the Village of Moon Rain?
8. What does Minli find when she reaches the moon in Chapter 42? What characters does she meet?
9. What does the Old man of the Moon tell Minli when she meets him? What question does she ask of him?
10. What lesson did the Old Man of the Moon have for Wu Kang?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Define the literary elements of "exposition" and "rising action." How do these elements help to form the plot line in a literary narrative? How has the level of tension changed in Chapters 21 and 22?
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