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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book does Snow Flower use to teach Lily?
(a) Nu Shu for Beginners.
(b) The Women's Classic.
(c) Literary Symbols and Their Meaning.
(d) The Domestic Arts.

3. What animal does Lily call her mother?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Duck.
(c) Horse.
(d) Rabbit.

4. Who is so unsteady on her feet that she has to use a cane?
(a) Elder Sister.
(b) Lily's aunt.
(c) Lily's mother.
(d) Lily's brother.

5. What does Lily find when she enters Snow Flower's house for the first time?
(a) A bad smell.
(b) Beautiful furniture.
(c) It is too warm.
(d) A happy home.

6. Who is Yonggang?
(a) Snow Flower's sister.
(b) Lily's servant.
(c) Elder sister's servant.
(d) A relative of Lily's husband.

7. Who are "little daughters-in-law"?
(a) Poor girls whose feet are not bound.
(b) Emperor's daughters by marriage.
(c) Girls who marry well.
(d) Baby girls.

8. What does Lily think will make her more marriageable?
(a) Successful footbinding.
(b) Her father's rich status.
(c) Her mother's character.
(d) Her ability to sing.

9. What is Snow Flower's dowry made from?
(a) Her mother's dowry.
(b) Lily's old clothes.
(c) New silk cloth.
(d) Fine cotton from her new family.

10. What does Madame Wang tell Snow Flower to do for Beautiful Moon after she has died?
(a) Recite poems.
(b) Leave for her own home.
(c) Wrap her in muslin.
(d) Retrieve her future husband.

11. What is a palanquin?
(a) Conveyance.
(b) Horse.
(c) Robe.
(d) Clown.

12. How will Lily's family change from a laotong relationship?
(a) Better status and more money.
(b) No more difficult work.
(c) Less status and money.
(d) Less respect.

13. What does Lily say was out of balance and needed to be put right when Beautiful Moon died?
(a) Aunt's old rocking chair.
(b) Yin and yang.
(c) The steps to the garden.
(d) The level of her bed.

14. What are third-day wedding books?
(a) Recycled bridal magazines.
(b) Photograph book of the wedding celebration.
(c) Guide that is given to the bridal couple.
(d) Books for the bride made by family and friends.

15. What does Snow Flower make for breakfast when she is visiting Lily's family?
(a) Cakes and tea.
(b) Pork and pumpkin seeds.
(c) Eggs and bacon.
(d) Rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily paint on the fan after she has read third-day books for Snow Flower?

2. What is Lady Lu not wearing when Lily meets her for the first time?

3. Who does Snow Flower say saved her family?

4. What does laotong mean?

5. What clothing does Snow Flower change into when she visits Lily in "Learning"?

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