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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 kind of lamp attracted the horse snake?

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

3. What kind of animal was it said the horse snake was as fast as?

4. What was found inside the bed's bamboo stalks?

5. What did the old lady's friend use to kill the monkey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the hunters eventually kill the horse snake?

3. How does a fisherman capture a golden eel?

4. Why does Nhuong have to keep his otter in a cage?

5. How did the crocodile get at Lan?

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

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

8. How did grandmother cause the town to fear her husband?

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

10. How did Lan eventually escape the crocodile?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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