March+5,+2008


 * 1.  **Gloria Whelan wrote about a girl who, in order to save her baby sister, leaves her rural home in China to work on a sampan, tend silk worms, and plant rice seedlings. What is the title of this book? (//Chu Ju’s House//)

2.  This girl is the heroine of a famous Chinese poem written during the Northern Dynasties (AD 420-589). In the story, she disguises herself as a man to serve in the army in her father's place. What is the name of this Chinese heroine? (//Mulan//)

3.  In this book by Herge, Tintin and Snowy, aided by the secret society ‘Sons of the Dragon’, find professor Fang Hsi-Ying being held prisoner in an opium den. What is the title of this book? (//The Blue Lotus//)

4.  In Chinese myth, how many suns were there before the archer Yi shot them down? (//ten//)

5.  Who wrote Chinese Cinderella? (//Adeline Yen Mah//)

 6. In __ Journey To The West, by Xiyou Ji __//,// which of the animal gods is featured as the most important. This god is also a big star of stage, screen and is on many scrolls. (the Monkey ) 7.  It is said that there were no men when the sky and the earth were separated. It was Nü Wa who made men by moulding yellow clay. Nü Wa also helped save the earth when the four corners of the earth collapsed and the nine regions split open. Name the title of the Nü Wa myth that tells of this tale. (//Nü// //Wa// //Mends the Sky//)

8.  The tale of Tikki Tikki Tembo has which character falling into the well? (//Sam//)

9.  Diane Lee Wilson wrote __I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade,__ the story of a young girl Oyuna who loses her mother in very unfortunate accident. How was her mother killed? (Struck by Lightning)

10.  This novel by Geraldine McCaughrean is set in 13th century China and is about a boy who works in a circus as a kite rider and who ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan. What is the title of this book? (//The Kite Rider//)

11.  In __King of the Cloud Forests__, Ashley is rescued in the mountains of Tibet by a near-human tribe who revere him as a god. Who wrote this book? (//Michael Morpurgo//)

12.  In __Bound__, Donna Napoli describes a cruel practice that used to be imposed on girls so that they could marry well. What was this practice? (//Binding a girl’s feet//)

13.  The Stolen Jade and The Golden Key are the first two books in a new series by Dan Lee. This series is set in Beijing and is about the adventures of a martial arts group. What is the the title of the series? (//Tangshan// //Tigers)//

14.  What is another name for China used in literature and myths? (//The Middle Kingdom//)