Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Grace Lin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Grace Lin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. According to the Dragon's story, when the Magistrate saw the painter's painting, he declared the painter's village free from taxes for how long?

2. What did the magistrate's son's fiance have on her head?

3. Who blames himself for filling Minli's mind with stories in Chapter 7?

4. Who does the beggar turn out to be in Chapter 22?

5. What does Minli decide to use against the monkeys in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Magistrate Tiger's son end up marrying the grocer's daughter? What is the moral of this story?

2. Why is Fruitless Mountain fruitless, according to Ba? How will it turn green?

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. Who made the rain start and stop in the Story of Fruitless Mountain? Who were her children? What became of them?

5. What does Minli discover when she enters the City of Bright Moonlight?

6. In the King's story in Chapter 23, who had torn a page from the Book of Fortune? What did it say?

7. What is the setting at the beginning of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon? Who is present in the opening of the book?

8. Where does Minli go with the Buffalo Boy in Chapter 21? Who does Minli run into there? What does he do?

9. What does Minli think of the Buffalo Boy's friend when she meets her?

10. If the first level of the book is the plot line of Minli and her family, what is the second level of the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of friendship in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. How many friends does Minli meet along her journey? How do Dragon's actions prove his friendship?

Essay Topic 2

Define the literary elements of symbolism and metaphor. What are examples of symbolism in the King's story? What are examples of metaphors?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of the goldfish seller and his fortuneteller grandmother, Lao Lao. What is the moral of the goldfish seller's story? How does the goldfish seller play into the plot of the novel?

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