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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is like an old house on fire?
(a) A marriage of passion.
(b) An arranged marriage.
(c) An old woman in love.
(d) An old man in love.

2. Why does Ailin choose to marry?
(a) She wants to escape her family.
(b) She falls pregnant.
(c) She feels pressured into it.
(d) The groom's family offers the best betrothal gifts.

3. What does not comfort the girl?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) The little things in life.
(c) The stability of her job.
(d) Her youth.

4. Which tea cleanses the system?
(a) Chrysanthemum.
(b) Chamomile.
(c) Green leaf.
(d) Jasmine.

5. How successful were the women's attempts to arrange their children together?
(a) None of them worked.
(b) A few of them are still happily married.
(c) They were all married but are now divorced.
(d) They are all still married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Mrs. Fan about divorce?

2. What does Mei steal from her father's cabinet?

3. How does the reprint compare to the original?

4. What do the college students hint to the man?

5. What did Mrs. Lu guard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story end?

2. What is Sweeping Past about?

3. What is the metaphor of A House Fire?

4. What is the effect of the promise?

5. How are the views of the old man and girl similar?

6. What is Souvenir about?

7. How is Ailin made to blame by her friends?

8. What is the significance of the photographer's note on the photo?

9. Why is Ailin alone?

10. Why is the woman unmarried?

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