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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of river animals did the eels like to eat?
(a) Otters.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Beavers.
(d) Water snakes.

2. How do fishermen paralyze hogfish?
(a) By creating noise.
(b) By pulling its tail.
(c) By ticking its belly.
(d) By covering its eyes.

3. What did the son use to make a wedding bed?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Bamboo sticks.
(d) Vines.

4. What kind of fish does the horse snake become intoxicated by?
(a) The buffalo fish.
(b) The silver fish.
(c) The goldfish.
(d) The hogfish.

5. What is the name of the farmer who discovers the horse snake?
(a) Beet.
(b) Lang.
(c) Minh.
(d) Lin.

6. What did the baby snake live off while trapped in the bamboo?
(a) Ants.
(b) Lice.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Snails.

7. What character is the chapter Opera, Karate and Bandits dedicated to?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Nhuong.
(c) Nhuong's cousin.
(d) Minh.

8. Who did Nhuong use to drag eels from their nests?
(a) Amour.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Bernie.
(d) Tank.

9. What normally had separated the bathing area from dangerous animals?
(a) A log barrier.
(b) A net.
(c) A mud bank.
(d) A metal barrier.

10. What did the peddler brag he could do in a short space of time?
(a) Capture a horse snake.
(b) Train monkeys.
(c) Tame a wild hog.
(d) Train dogs.

11. How does Nhuong's father alert the community of the presence of the horse snake?
(a) Beating his chest.
(b) Blowing his whistle.
(c) Sending out smoke signals.
(d) Blowing his horn.

12. How did Nhuong's mother think the old lady should have kept her monkey?
(a) In a shed outside.
(b) In a cage.
(c) In a pit.
(d) On a chain.

13. What is the name of Turng's wife?
(a) Ji.
(b) Lan.
(c) Hwo.
(d) Yuka.

14. What kind of lamp attracted the horse snake?
(a) A eel lamp.
(b) A hogfish lamp.
(c) A tiger lamp.
(d) A catfish lamp.

15. What was found inside the bed's bamboo stalks?
(a) A mouse.
(b) An eel.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the monkey ruin the old lady's life?

2. What did the old lady keep with her after the monkey had ruined her life?

3. What did Trung's mother realize Trung should marry Lan?

4. What does grandmother love attending?

5. What does the narrator name the person who insults his grandfather at the restaurant?

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