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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 role would grandmother play in her plays?

2. What was the name of the main protagonist in the opera?

3. Who would always play the hero in grandmas' plays?

4. For which of the following reasons did humans keep monkeys?

5. How did the old lady react to the death of the monkey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the son die from the bamboo bed?

2. How would grandmother get the doctor to give her his most powerful medicine?

3. Why did Trung and Lan's family split them up?

4. Describe the opera Nhuong and his grandmother attend in this section?

5. How did Trung react to Lan's disappearance?

6. Why is a horse snake so dangerous?

7. How did Trung save Lan?

8. How did Nhuong and the old man catch the white catfish?

9. How did the monkey burn down the old lady's house?

10. What had the horse fish done in an attempt to get to the fish in the pond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1940s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

How does one catch a white catfish? How does Nhuong make the task easier for himself?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how villagers manage the following in Nhoung's hamlet.

1. Buying and selling goods.

2. Traveling.

3. Making a living.

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