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Where the mountain meets the moon- Chapter 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
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1.

Far away from here, following the Jade River, there was once a black mountain that cut into the sky like a jagged piece of (a)   metal.

2.

What was the story Ba told Minli?

a)

The story of the Jade River

b)

The story of the Fruitful mountain

c)

The story of the Fruitless mountain

d)

The story of Jade Dragon

3.

What would best describe Minli?

a)

Dull and brown

b)

Always eager for adventure

c)

Mean and unhappy

d)

lazy and happy

4.

What were the names of Jade Dragon's children?

a)

Mighty, Pink, Samite and Alter

b)

Pearl, Samite, Mighty and Long

c)

Pearl, Yellow, Long and Black

d)

Pearl, Yellow, Long and Pink

e)

Yellow, Long and Mighty

5.

Those words filled Jade Dragon with anger. Tired of_____! Glad the clouds were ______!

(a)  

6.

What did Jade Dragon's children do to help the villagers?

a)

They transformed themselves into stone

b)

They didn't help at all

c)

They transformed themselves into water

d)

They killed their mother and gave the village rain

7.

Crowded in the corner of where Fruitless Mountain and the Jade River met was a village that was a shade of faded brown. This was because the land around the village was ______ and _____.

(a)  

8.

After Ba told her the story, what was the story Minli wanted to hear next?

a)

The story of The Old Man of the moon

b)

The story of the Young Man of the sun

c)

The story of Cho Fu-Yan the great

d)

The story of Magistrate Tiger

e)

The story of Kuan-Yin and the Green Tiger

9.

Ma always sighed about how poor their fortune was.

(True or False?)

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What was Minli's surname?

a)

Cai

b)

Au

c)

Cheng

d)

Tao

e)

Not mentioned

11.

But when Jade Dragon saw what her (a)   had done, she cursed herself for her pride.

12.

“Maybe,” Ba said to Minli, glancing at Ma, “I should tell you that story (a)   .”

13.

What was Minli's hair color?

a)

Blonde

b)

Sandy

c)

Black

d)

brown

e)

she had dyed it to purple

14.

Does Minli have any siblings?

a)

She was an only child

b)

Yes. Their names were Da-Fu and A-Fu (Da-A-Fu)

c)

She had three. Re-Yin, Jin-Yin and Ma-Yin

d)

She used to. They died

15.

(a)   sighs made Minli wish that every rock of Fruitless Mountain was gold and she couldn’t help asking, “So how will Fruitless Mountain ever grow green again?”

16.

Was Minli's family rich or poor?

a)

They were the most wealthy in the whole of China

b)

They were the most wealthy in the whole village

c)

They had two copper coins

d)

They had three copper coins

17.

The villagers called it (a)   Mountain because nothing grew on it and birds and animals did not rest there.

18.

Jade Dragon was so (a)   that she decided that she would never let it rain again. “The people can enjoy the sun forever,” Jade Dragon thought resentfully.

19.

Minli loved stories. Who told her them?

a)

Ma

b)

Ba

c)

Grandma

d)

Grandpa

20.

Is Minli young or old?

a)

Old

b)

Young

c)

She was and adult