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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through River Creatures, and The Horse Snake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the villagers place on the dead man's tomb?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His hunting knife.
(c) The hog's heart.
(d) The hog's tusks.

2. What kind of animals do Nhuong and his cousin hunt and cook alive?
(a) Wild hogs.
(b) Wild boar.
(c) Wild chickens.
(d) Wild buffalo.

3. What is the hog's skin usually covered with?
(a) Dung.
(b) Honey.
(c) Oil.
(d) Sap.

4. Which part of the buffalo's body is very fragile?
(a) His chin.
(b) His hind legs.
(c) His forehead.
(d) His nose.

5. Why would have been better for Nhuong if he had caught the otter with its eyes still closed?
(a) It would have not have cried for its siblings.
(b) It would have been more willing to catch fish for him.
(c) It would not have remembered that it was kidnapped.
(d) It would have thought he was its parent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were wild hogs such a problem?

2. What kind of people considered Tank a prize?

3. How did Tank injure one of the thieves?

4. What is the only part of a hog's body not protected by sap?

5. What would fisherman use to fish a white catfish?

(see the answer key)

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