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Short Answer Key

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1. What do the two old women do to Tang Ao with the needles?

pierce Tang's ears

2. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

to prepare Tang to meet the queen

3. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?

silk threads

4. What is the simile "like a knot of ginger root" referring to?

Tang's broken and stacked toes

5. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?

footbinding

6. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?

streamers that drooped and draped wall to wall

7. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?

giveTang tea with white chrysanthemums

8. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?

powder Tang's face and put...
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