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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter of Vituperation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animal personality does Lily say Snow Flower's mother-in-law has?
(a) Goat.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Rat.
(d) Horse.

2. Who is Snow Flower?
(a) Lily's mother's cousin.
(b) Baba's niece.
(c) Lily's laotong.
(d) Lily's cousin.

3. What does Lily accuse Snow Flower of breaking in their contract agreement?
(a) Disrepecting her family.
(b) Forgetting to write to her.
(c) Their agreement not to take concubines.
(d) Smoking bans.

4. What gifts do Lily and Beautiful Moon receive from their groom's families after their marriage arrangements?
(a) Fine silk.
(b) Money, candy, and meat.
(c) Down for stuffing pillows.
(d) Pigs and vegtables.

5. What happens to the women whose bound feet break as they walk up the mountain?
(a) They must be brought back down the mountain.
(b) They are left to die.
(c) They get a ride in a cart.
(d) They are carried up the mountain in a stretcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are third-day wedding books?

2. What does Lily see outside the palanquin window as she travels between her natal and husband's home in "Temple of Gupo"?

3. What does Lily compare herself and Snow Flower with in "The Fan"?

4. Where does Lily take her children after the servants flee her in-laws' house?

5. Who teaches Lily nu shu?

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