Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Final

What did Minli realize in Chapter 45?

• Fortune is much more than gold and jade.

• She didn't want to go home.

• She found out who the buffalo boy was.

• She realized she could ask The Old Man both questions.

What did Dragon say about Fruitless Mountain?

• That is looked scary and wanted to leave at once

• That is was big and ugly

• That he didn't want to leave it and he felt at home

• He didn't say anything about the mountain

Moonlight misted over the rough floors and made the sparse¹ room glow silver, the goldfish bowl looking like a second moon. The shabby walls and worn stones seemed to shimmer… muting² any flaws and transforming the house into a dwelling of luminous³ light and delicate shadows. Minli had never seen her home look so beautiful. ¹sparse: meager ²muting: softening ³luminous: bright

Why do you think Minli now finds her home so beautiful?

• Ma changed the color of their house

• She realizes how much she missed it

• They had a lot of visitors come by

Ma and Ba’s happiness burst from them like exploding firecrackers and even before she could open her eyes they had flung themselves upon her. The joy! How it flowed and flooded over her! More golden than the king’s dragon bracelet, sweeter than a peach from the Queen Mother’s garden, and more beautiful than the Goddess of Heaven! Minli smiled, treasuring her good fortune.

• Being away for the dragon and Man on the Moon

• Being able to see the beautiful garden

• The love and joy she experiences being at home again with Ma and Ba

Why does Ma not want Ba to tell Minli stories?

• She thinks that telling stories will not change their fortune

• She thinks the stories are too sad for Minli

• She thinks the stories are boring

• She thinks that Minli will not like the stories

Minli believed that the ​ (a)   was the "guardian of the palace."

• King

• Book of Fortune

• Tiger

• Turtle

• Jaguar

• Old Man of the Moon

• Minli

In the first story Ba tells Minli, what was the Jade Dragon in charge of? pg. 4

• Clouds

• Stars

• Rivers

• Mud

Minli smiled back. And suddenly, as she thought about her journey to and from Never-Ending Mountain, Minli realized that while she had not asked the Old Man of the Moon any of her questions, they had all been answered.

How are Minli’s questions answered by the end of the novel?

• She realized knowing the answer would not be worth it

• Man on the Moon never answered her questions

• She realized she just had to be thankful for what she already had

Why do you think they treat the goldfish man so kindly now?

• He didn't want Minli to see him as a mean person.

• because they realize how important he was to changing their fortune.

• he would tell the Man on the Moon how they are being treated.

• They do not want him to leave the village.

Why do you think Minli gives a “secret smile” to the moon?

• she knows that her new fortune comes from the Old Man of the Moon.

• she is dreaming of new questions to ask the Old Man of the Moon.

• she is remembering her journey to see the Old Man of the Moon.

• All the Above.