Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

What surprised Minli after she released her goldfish into the Jade River?

• It told her it knew how to get to Never-Ending Mountain.

• It turned into a large, rainbow-colored dolphin and swam away.

• It warned her to stay away from Jade Dragon.

• It was immediately surrounded by other goldfish.

Dragon wanted to see the Old Man of the Moon to...

• get his magic back

• find out how to fly

• ask where his mother was

• learn how to change color

Dragon and Minli were able to pass through the peach grove after Minli...

• showed her white rabbit rice bowl compass to Magistrate Tiger's guard

• tricked the monkeys with a fishnet and an overflowing pot of rice

• brewed a magical, medicinal tea that protected them from the bad air

• convinced the ravens to go in search of Jade Dragon's lost children

What did Minli discover after the beggar grew a tree from the peach pit?

• He was really the king in disguise.

• He and Ba had once been good friends.

• He planned to give her magic seeds to take home.

• He had stolen her bag of belongings.

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What did the page from the Book of Fortune say when Minli visited the king?

• "Two wrongs never make a right."

• "Trust is the father of faith."

• "You only lose what you cling to."

• "Beware of one who shuns your gifts."

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Why did Minli run toward a village for help?

• People from the Outer City had cornered Dragon in a cave.

• She had seen Jade Dragon circling in the sky.

• The Green Tiger had seriously sounded Dragon.

• The monkeys from the peach grove were chasing her.

How did Da-A-Fu get rid of the Green Tiger?

• They convinced the Old Man of the Moon to send a Red Bear to destroy him.

• They tricked him into jumping into a water-filled well to fight his son.

• They lured him into a cave and then used torches to set him on fire.

• They threw a large blanket on him and forced him off a cliff.

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Minli got the attention of the Old Man of the Moon by...

• singing the song that Da-A-Fu's family had taught her

• making a kite of the two borrowed lines and flying it high in the sky

• shooting off a sparkling rocket the king had given her

• waving her warm, colorful coat in the air as the moon was rising

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As Minli walked toward the Old Man of the Moon, she was shocked when...

• the red threads on the ground wrapped around her ankles

• Ba rose to his feet and stood behind the Old Man of the Moon

• she heard herself ask if she could stay on Never-Ending Mountain

• he said he would answer only one of her questions

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After Minli returned home, she was surprised when Ba said...

• the stone she had removed from Dragon's head was a dragon's pearl

• he was preparing to move the family to the Village of the Moon Rain

• peach trees were sprouting up all around the house

• their rice field was full of long, thick sticks of gold, silver and jade