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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. Where do Dragon and Minli decide that Minli should enter alone in Chapter 16?
2. Who did the magistrate think his son was marrying?
3. What blocks Minli's and Dragon's passage through the forest in Chapter 13?
4. What name does Minli call her mother?
5. What do Dragon and Minli feast on in the forest in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Minli discuss with the King in Chapter 23? What story does the King tell?
2. What is the moral of the Story of the Paper of Happiness? What does the story make Ma and Ba decide?
3. What happened when Lao Lao took sweets and wine to the Old Man of the Moon? What do Ma and Ba conclude from the story?
4. What actions do Minli and Dragon take in Chapters 13 and 14? Why is their passage through the forest blocked?
5. Where does Minli go when she leaves the Village of Fruitless Mountain? What leads her way?
6. How did Magistrate Tiger's son end up marrying the grocer's daughter? What is the moral of this story?
7. What had one of the soldiers seen on the piece of paper in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?
8. Where does Minli go with the Buffalo Boy in Chapter 21? Who does Minli run into there? What does he do?
9. Why does the dragon tell Minli he was trapped in Chapter 11? Who trapped him?
10. What story does the goldfish ask Ba to tell in Chapter 15? Who is in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the term "parable" and how it relates to the Story of the Old Man of the Moon. Who are the principle characters within the story? Who was Magistrate Tiger and how is he described in the text?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the characters of Ma and Ba in the narrative. What qualities does Ba exhibit? How does Ma feel about her place in life? How do Ma and Ba impact Minli's decisions?
Essay Topic 3
Define the term "protagonist" and how this role relates to Minli in the narrative. What is Minli's quest? How does she go about beginning her journey?
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