Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Quiz

Chapters 1-2

1. Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word “astonishment”. It is on page 7
in your book.

2. What did Jade Dragon do that made her children upset?

3. Why did the villagers tell Minli to not buy the goldfish?

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Quiz

Chapters 3-6
1. Where does the Old Man of the Moon live?
a. Fruitless Mountain
b. Top of Never Ending Mountain
c. Bottom of Never Ending Mountain
d. Magistrate Tiger’s Village
2. Explain why Magistrate Tiger was upset at the end of his story?

3. What are 3 things that Minli brought with her on her journey?

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 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Quiz
Chapters 7-10
1. Who did Ma and Ba run in to in the forest?
a. Dragon
b. The Goldfish
c. The Goldfish Man
d. Minli
2. Describe what the Dragon looked like:

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Chapters 11-14
1. Place the following events in the correct order about the story of Dragon:
a. The painter did not paint Dragon’s eyes
b. Dragon came alive
c. Magistrate Tiger hung the painting behind his chair
d. Dragon ran away to the forest
e. The apprentice is upset the painting is being given to the Magistrate
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2. Describe what the Goldfish man’s instructions were to convince the Old Man to change
his fortune:

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 3. How did Minli and Dragon trick the monkies?

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Chapters 15-18
1. List 2 ways that describe how you know the family is happy in the story “The Story of the
Paper of Happiness”:

2. How does a fish become a dragon?

3. What is the difference between the Inner City and the Outer City?

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Chapters 19-22
1. Circle ALL that is true about the Buffalo Boy:
a. He lives in the Inner City
b. His parents died
c. He has a beautiful friend that visits him
d. He lives in a great big house with lots of food

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 2. Describe how the beggar tricked the man selling peaches:

3. How does Minli know that the beggar is the King?

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Chapters 23-26
1. What does the King think the “borrowed line” means?

2. What does the Dragon think the “borrowed line” means?

3. Use context clues to figure out what the word “scurried” means on page 155.

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Chapters 27-30
1. What does the author mean when she says “The wind screamed as Ma and Ba ate their
dinner”?

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 2. How does Minli know that Dragon’s condition is getting worse after fighting the tiger?

3. Use context clues to figure out what the word “quivering” means on page 168.

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Chapters 31-34
1. How did A-Fu and Da-Fu trick the Green Tiger?

2. Compare and contrast a regular tiger to the Green Tiger:

3. What is the magical power of moon rain?

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Chapters 35-38
1. What did the Green Tiger want in exchange for peace?

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 2. What was Minli’s new jacket made out of?

3. How did Ye-Ye know that they were on a different mountain?

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Chapters 39-42
1. How does Minli and Dragon know that the string is magic?

2. Cause: Minli and Dragon fly the string like a kite. What is the effect?

3. What lesson does Wu Kang learn?

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Chapters 43-46
1. Why do you think seeing the word “thankfulness” made Minli choose to ask Dragon’s
question instead of her own?

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 2. What does Ma do that tells Ba she is sorry and has changed?

3. What was holding Dragon down?

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Chapters 47-48
1. How did Minli figure out that Dragon was one of Jade Dragon’s children?

2. What is a Dragon’s pearl worth?

3. Did Minli’s family’s fortune change? Give examples from the text to support your
answer.

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