Where Mountain Meets the Moon Chapters 38-40

Who is Ye Ye?

• One of Da-A-Fu's children

• the great-grandfather

• the Old Man of the Moon

• one of Magistrate Tigers servants

Answer explanation

Ye Ye was the great-grandfather and head of the family.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Da-A-Fu's ancestors receive word that Magistrate Tiger is coming to destroy their home and and family. What does Ye Ye suggest?

• to prepare a picnic

• to flee up the mountain and hide until it is clear

• to run to the next village

• to go to the Old Man of the Moon and ask for help

Answer explanation

Ye Ye, great-grandfather, suggests that there is nothing that they can do. They will not run. The soldiers would easily find them and magistrate would be even more brutal. He did not want to spend their last moments together in panicked flight.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

When the day was ending so the children....

• sat and gazed up at the stars one more time

• brought the kites down

• cut the strings to their kites

• tied their kites to a tree so they could fly forever

Answer explanation

When the children were told to wind the strings of their kites, another boy said, "this will be the last time we will be able to play with them." So instead of bringing the kites in, they cut the strings. The kites were freed.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

As the family is coming down the mountain they realize something has happened. They are no longer on the same mountain.

What caused this?

• they had wished for another picnic day

• they had wished that magistrate would not find them

• they had wished for one more day with family

• they had wished for an escape from tomorrow's tragedy

They come down the mountain and realize that it is not the same mountain.

What does he notice?

• an unusual rock

• a large massive tree in their path

• the weather is unusually hotter than their mountain

• all the above

Answer explanation

There is a rock type that they have never seen before on their mountain. All the other choices are incorrect.

There were no trees and

the weather was too cold for an early autumn night.

Ye Ye knows that their wishes have been answered because he finds what?

• a piece of their kite tied to the door of their home

• a slip of bright silk stuck in the gate doors

• a piece of paper attached to the dark red gate door

• another unusual rock placed next to the entrance of their home

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Minli arrives at the Never-Ending Mountain and does what?

• She makes a kite with Da-Fu's lantern

• She makes a kite using Dragon's tale

• She makes a kite with the two borrowed lines

• She uses one of Da-Fu's kites that belonged to Ye Ye

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What do they discover about the borrowed line?

• it was not long enough to reach the sky

• it could not be cut

• it was too weak because Dragon could cut with his claws

• they needed a piece of Dragon's scales to make the borrowed line work

Answer explanation

The borrowed line was unbreakable.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Minli asked if Da-A-Fu wanted to ask the Old Man of the Moon to change his fortune. What did Da-A-Fu do?

• He asked for nothing.

• He asked to go back to his old home.

• He asked to bring wealth to his family.

• He asked the Old Man of the Moon to keep magistrate tiger from them forever.

Answer explanation

Da-A-Fu already felt blessed by the Old Man of the Moon and did not feel the need to ask for any more good fortune.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The string going up to the sky turned into what?

• a bridge

• a waterfall

• two kites

• a ladder that led to the Old Man of the Moon

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10