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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the ground in the Village of the Moon Rain when the ancestors had come to settle the area?
(a) Dry and dusty.
(b) Hard and rocky.
(c) Soft and muddy.
(d) Full of clay.

2. What does Minli decide to do to send a message to the Man of the Moon when she and Dragon can no longer climb the mountain?
(a) Fly a kite.
(b) Burn her prayers in the fire.
(c) Give a note to a bird.
(d) Float a bottle down the river.

3. What did A-Gong discover the Green Tiger could not be fought with?
(a) Anger.
(b) Swords.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Arrows.

4. What is the name of A-Fu and Da-Fu's grandmother?
(a) Dufa.
(b) Amah.
(c) Sabu.
(d) Hari.

5. Who says that if you make people near you happy, those who are far away will come in Chapter 44?
(a) Magistrate Tiger.
(b) Jade Dragon.
(c) Ma.
(d) The goldfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Green Tiger demand every month to leave the village in peace in Chapter 36?

2. When Minli enters the Old Man of the Moon's walled courtyard, she sees many what?

3. Who told A-Fu and her brother that Great Green Tiger demanded sacrifice in order for him not to attack their family?

4. What does Minli sneak out of after waking up in Chapter 26?

5. What color is the beautiful female dragon which Minli and Dragon pass on their way home in Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Minli and Dragon reach Never-Ending Mountain in Chapter 39? What solution does Minli come up with?

2. What does Minli tell Dragon when she returns from the moon? How does Dragon regain the ability to fly?

3. Who awakens Minli in Chapter 37? How do the villagers react to Dragon?

4. What subplots begin in Chapters 25-36? What obstacles does Minli face in this section of the narrative?

5. What do A-Fu's family do to help heal Minli in Chapter 36?

6. Where does Minli sneak out of in Chapter 26? Who does she go see?

7. Where do Minli and Dragon decide to stay in Chapter 27? What is nearby?

8. How is the rain described in the Story of the Village of Moon Rain?

9. What story does Ba relate in Chapter 40? Who created a pearl in the story?

10. What happens when the Tiger leaps at Minli in Chapter 29? Who is injured?

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