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Where The Mountain Meets The Moon

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where does Minli live?
a)
In the Valley of the Shadow of Death
b)
In the Valley of the Big Mountain
c)
In the Valley of the Fruitless Mountain
d)
In the Valley of the Big Trees
2.

What kind of home does Minli live in?

a)

A ramshackle hut

b)

A one bedroom apartment

c)

A nice, big house

d)

A mansion

3.
What does Minli buy that upsets her parents?
a)
A dog
b)
A goldfish
c)
A cat
d)
A hanmster
4.

Why does Minli set out to find the Old Man on the Moon?

a)

She wants to find out how to change her family's fortune

b)

She wants to find out how to bring world peace

c)

She wants to find out how to live on the moon

d)

She wants to find out how to cure the sick

5.
Who does Minli encounter and befriend on her journey?
a)
A witch
b)
A sorcerer
c)
A dragon
d)
A tiger
6.

Where does Minli find the dragon?

a)

In a cage

b)

Under the water

c)

In a tree

d)

In a cave

7.
Who is Ma mad at for Minli running away?
a)
Minli
b)
The man in the moon
c)
Ba
d)
The dragon
8.
How did the dragon begin its life?
a)
It was hatched from an egg.
b)
It was born live.
c)
It was a painting.
d)
It was a statue.
9.

Who did Ma and Ba follow into the forest when they were looking for Minli?

a)

Minli

b)

the goldfish man

c)

the dragon

d)

the Old Man in the Moon

10.
Who tied the dragon up?
a)
Minli
b)
the goldfish man
c)
Ba
d)
the monkeys
11.
When was the Goldfish Man suppose to die?
a)
When he was 100.
b)
When he was 19.
c)
When he had gray hair.
d)
When he sold all of his goldfish.
12.
How did the Goldfish Man know he was going to die?
a)
His grandmother was a fortune teller.
b)
The Old Man in the Moon told him.
c)
He had a dream.
d)
The goldfish told him.
13.
Who did the Goldfish man have to see to change his fortune?
a)
Minli
b)
his grandmother
c)
the Old Man in the Moon
d)
Ba
14.
Why did the Old Man in the Moon change the Goldfish Man's fortune?
a)
He liked him.
b)
He felt sorry for him.
c)
He ate his sweets.
d)
He was tricked.
15.
What did the Goldfish Man tell Ma and Ba?
a)
trust Minli
b)
go find Minli
c)
forget about Minli
d)
go home
16.
What did the Goldfish Man give Ma and Ba?
a)
a fortune
b)
a basket
c)
a fish
d)
a ride
17.
What did Minli make to trick the monkeys?
a)
peaches
b)
soup
c)
rice
d)
spaghetti
18.
How did Minli and Dragon get into the peach grove?
a)
They ran fast.
b)
They flew.
c)
They tricked the  monkeys.
d)
They killed the monkeys.
19.

What did Ma and Ba decide after running into the goldfish man?

a)

To keep looking for Minli

b)

To stay in the forest

c)

To find the Goldfish Man

d)

To go home to wait for Minli

20.
What did Minli's name mean? 
a)
Quick thinking
b)
Pretty smile
c)
Happy heart
d)
Crazy eyes
21.
In the first story Ba tells Minli, what was the Jade Dragon in charge of?
a)
Clouds
b)
Stars
c)
Rivers
d)
Mud
22.
Why did Jade Dragon stop sending clouds and rain to earth?
a)
She was offended that they said they were glad it had stopped raining.
b)
She wanted to punish them for their wickedness.
c)
She decided to start becoming a sun dragon.
d)
She had no more tears to cry and make the rain.
23.
How did Jade Dragon's children end the drought? 
a)
They sacrificed themselves and turned into water.
b)
They overthrew their mother and forced her to make it rain. 
c)
They flew into the clouds and punctured them so they would leak rain.
d)
They made their mother so sad that she wept for a thousand years, making it rain.
24.
Why does the legend of Jade Dragon say that nothing grows on Fruitless Mountain?
a)
Because it is Jade Dragon's broken heart, making the mountain bare until she is reunited with her children. 
b)
Because the Jade Dragon cursed it with endless drought as punishment for her children's decision.
c)
Because Jade Dragon was not able to turn herself into a river there.
d)
Because the Old Man in the Moon cast a spell on it. 
25.
What do people say when Minli asks an important question?
a)
"That is something you will have to ask the Old Man in the Moon." 
b)
"Stop bothering me with this childish foolishness."
c)
"Children should be seen and not heard."
d)
"That is a question for the Dragon of the North."
26.

What is the borrowed line? (Choose 2)

a)

A piece of paper from the Book of Fortune.

b)

A red string Dragon got from the Guardians of the City.

c)

A stolen line of thread from the Magistrate

d)

It is fake.

27.
What did the paper say that Minli got from the king? 
a)
You only lose what you cling to.
b)
It changes each time the moon comes out.
c)
Lions guard the gates. 
d)
Goldfish man is the old man on the moon. 
28.

Who was Buffalo Boy's friend?

a)

A kind begger

b)

A fortune teller

c)

The Goddess Of Weaving

d)

The Princess

29.
What did the Dragon discover at the Lions Gate?
a)
The borrowed line.
b)
Talking bears.
c)
Fake lions
d)
A waterfall. 
30.

What did Magistrate Tiger ask of the happy family?

a)

He asked for the borrowed line

b)

He asked for the gold encrusted box

c)

He asked for the secret of their happiness.

d)

He asked for some peaches

31.

How did Ba relate the story of The Paper of Happiness to Minli?

a)

He said, "Like the paper, Minli is torn in two.

b)

He said, "Like the paper, Minli is not meant to be found."

c)

He said, "Like the paper, Minli blows in the wind."

d)

He said, "Like the paper, Minli is the word of happiness."

32.

Who was looking for the Dragon's Gate?

a)

Aunt Jin

b)

Minli

c)

Magistrate Tiger

d)

Ma and Ba

33.

If a fish could pass through the Dragon Gate, what would happen?

a)

They would change into a flying dragon.

b)

A fish would turn into a tiger.

c)

The fish's fortune would change.

d)

The fish would turn into a human.

34.

Why will Minli go to the City of Bright Moonlight alone?

a)

The city is too small for Dragon.

b)

MInli and Dragon got into an argument and are mad at each other.

c)

The people of the city might be frightened and not like Dragon.

d)

Minli ditched Dragon to have some alone time.

35.

Where did the buffalo boy live?

a)

On the streets with a herd of buffalo.

b)

In a palace.

c)

In a house on the hill.

d)

In a shabby hut very far from the Inner City.

36.

What did the buffalo boys friend do for a living?

a)

She gathers water for her grandfather.

b)

She weaves and spins thread.

c)

She watches a flock of sheep.

d)

She sells blue silk dresses.

37.

How did Ba know that Ma was no longer angry?

a)

She told him she was not angry.

b)

He saw her laughing.

c)

She walked very fast towards home.

d)

She offered to carry the goldfish.

38.

What did the old man at the fruit stand want?

a)

A peach

b)

A plum

c)

A pear

d)

A pineapple

39.

What did Minli notice about the peach tree?

a)

A peach would disappear from the vendor's stand every time one was picked off the tree.

b)

It was the biggest peach tree she had every seen!

c)

The pits of the peaches on the tree turned into copper coins.

d)

The tree was in the shape of a dragon.

40.

What did Minli notice about the beggar?

a)

He smelled bad.

b)

He did not speak the language.

c)

He was not that old, and had a gold dragon bracelet.

d)

He was an old man, and had a gold dragon bracelet.

41.

How did Minli get into the Inner City?

a)

The buffalo boy and his buffalo helped her to open the secret door.

b)

The guards let her in.

c)

She found a key that unlocked the secret door.

d)

She followed the 'beggar' through a secret door.

42.

Why did the king ask for two meals?

a)

To honor the spirit of the moon, but really to feed Minli.

b)

He was very hungry from all of his running through the city.

c)

He was having a romantic dinner with the queen.

d)

He couldn't decide what he wanted to eat.

43.

What did the Magistrate take from the Old Man of the Moon?

a)

Magistrate Tiger the box of sweets left by the Goldfish Man.

b)

Magistrate Tiger took the Book of Fortune.

c)

Magistrate Tiger took a page from the Book of Fortune.

d)

Magistrate Tiger took the painting of Dragon.

44.

Why did the goldfish wake Ba?

a)

Ma was crying.

b)

He has to go to the bathroom.

c)

Minli had come home.

d)

Ma left to go find Minli again.

45.

What word did Ba think was on the paper of happiness?

a)

"Fortune"

b)

"Hope"

c)

"Faith"

d)

"Sup"

46.

Why does Ma tell Ba a story?

a)

To help Ba fall asleep

b)

To settle Ba's nerves down

c)

To keep Ba from going to look for Minli because he keeps talking about leaving and looking for her.

d)

To apologize to Ba for her negativity because she feels like its her fault Minli left.

47.
What did the Old Man of the Moon give the lions to keep the city together?
a)
cracking globe
b)
string of destiny
c)
the borrowed line
d)
gold threaded pouch
48.

What word was really on the Paper of Happiness?

a)

Thankfulness

b)

Riches

c)

Joy

d)

Peace

49.

What did Da-A-Fu use to kill the Green Tiger?

a)

the Tiger's anger

b)

his desire for peace

c)

a sword

d)

poison

50.

Why didn't Minli ask the Old Man of the Moon her questions? (Choose 2)

a)

She already knew the answer

b)

She wanted to help Dragon

c)

She never found him

d)

She wanted to figure it out herself

51.

What was wrong with Wu-Kang?

a)

He was very sick

b)

He was never happy with what he had

c)

He was very poor

d)

He was not able to find his family

52.

What was the theme of this story? (Choose 2)

a)

Work hard for what you want

b)

Good fortune does not come from $$$

c)

Be a good friend

d)

Be thankful with what you have

53.

Which character did NOT help Minli?

a)

Aunt Jin

b)

Da-A-Fu

c)

King of the City of Bright Moonlight

d)

Wu-Kang