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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A community member tells Momo that one of the men from ___________ stole Pempa.
(a) The market.
(b) The palace.
(c) The temple.
(d) The mule train.

2. What event brought the tradesmen to Momo's house in Chapter 2?
(a) A monsoon.
(b) A terrible storm.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) An earthquake.

3. What kind of family does Momo pass after crossing the bridge?
(a) Lemming.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Lemur.

4. What region does Momo enter after passing around the mountain on her way to Calcutta?
(a) Garhwal.
(b) Sikkhim.
(c) Khandesh.
(d) Utkala.

5. Why do the tradesmen on the mule caravan often stop in Momo's village?
(a) To eat.
(b) To trade.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) To rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major city which Momo passes through on her way to Calcutta?

2. What business does Momo's mother run from their home?

3. What is the name of Momo's village?

4. In Chapter 2, Momo realized that she would have to climb down the mountain into India and go to the hamlet named __________.

5. The women whom Momo encounters maintain that the mule train is ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What boy assists Momo in Chapter 4? What news does he relate of Pempa?

2. Where does Momo wake up at the beginning of Chapter 3? What route does she begin descending?

3. What does Momo's mother tell the tradesmen in Chapter 1? What is their response?

4. How are Chapters 3 and 4 structurally developed in the novel? What elements stand out?

5. Describe Momo's community and their religious beliefs. What does Momo understand of Buddha?

6. What does Momo do at age eight to get the Buddha's attention to her prayers? What do the priests tell Momo?

7. Why do the traders tell Momo she won't succeed? How does Momo respond?

8. From where were Momo's theological beliefs inherited? How does Momo view God?

9. Whom does Momo run into while trying to escape in Chapter 3? What does she do?

10. Who do the traders know? What do they decide to do with Momo?

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