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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 evidence did Trung find at the river bank that suggested she had been eaten by a crocodile?

2. How does Nhuong's father alert the community of the presence of the horse snake?

3. What member of his family does Nhuong describe as physically weak?

4. What did grandmother use to stop the bandit?

5. What did Lan used to help Trung's mother to fix?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Trung save Lan?

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

8. Why is a horse snake so dangerous?

9. How does a fisherman capture a golden eel?

10. How did Nhuong's grandmother entertain herself in her old age?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a book? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 2

What is important for someone like Nhuong to learn in a village so close to wild animals? What does he still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How would it have effected Nhuong and his family's life if the thieves had managed to steal Tank? Why is Tank so loyal to the family and the village, and what does this say about buffloas in general?

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