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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily teach Snow Flower when she is visiting Lily's home in "Love"?
(a) How to behave politely.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to embroider.
(d) How to do household chores.

2. What does Lily compare herself and Snow Flower with in "The Fan"?
(a) Swallows.
(b) Robins.
(c) Swans.
(d) Mandarin ducks.

3. What is one of the things that Lily's mother tells her not to do while she is pregnant with her first child?
(a) Don't eat rice.
(b) Don't drink tea.
(c) Don't sit for too long.
(d) Don't climb hills.

4. What does Lily help Snow Flower do after she learns of her family's misfortune?
(a) Learn to become a matchmaker.
(b) Teach her mother to garden.
(c) Rent a room in another village.
(d) Clean Snow Flower's house.

5. What is Lily's title at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Widow Lily.
(b) Elder Stateswoman.
(c) Wise Woman.
(d) One Who Has Not Yet Died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Snow Flower and her family serve Lily for dinner when she visits in the beginning of "Into the Mountains"?

2. What does Snow Flower's husband say when his mother suggests they should not give food to Lily?

3. What book does Snow Flower use to teach Lily?

4. What did Yuxiu invent?

5. Who are Taipings?

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