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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 does Lily's sitting chair look like?
(a) White silk with banners.
(b) Covered in flowers and red silk.
(c) Unadorned.
(d) Green silk with pictures of ducks.

2. What is Lady Lu not wearing when Lily meets her for the first time?
(a) The silk stockings Lily's mother sent to her.
(b) Her special robe.
(c) The shoes she embroidered for her.
(d) The necklace Lily gave her.

3. What does Lily say her grandmother looked like to her when she was five?
(a) Ancient.
(b) Rose.
(c) Dried plum.
(d) Swan.

4. Who is Lily?
(a) Narrator.
(b) Servant.
(c) Mother to Snow Flower.
(d) Matchmaker.

5. How old is Elder Sister when Madame Gao comes to visit for the first time?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Lily when she hears her mother ask Madame Wang why Lily is never invited to Snow Flower's home?

2. What is sold at the fair booth that Snow Flower tells Lily about when they go to the Temple of Gupo?

3. What occupation did Snow Flower's great-grandfather have?

4. What was the ideal length of a bound foot for a girl?

5. What are third-day wedding books?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lily's mother tries to bind Third Sister's feet?

2. What happens when Beautiful Moon gets stung by a bee?

3. How does Lily help Snow Flower as she prepares to marry?

4. Why is the fan important to Snow Flower and Lily?

5. Why are Lily, Beautiful Moon, and Snow Flower allowed outside during the hot month of the Catching Cool Breezes Festival?

6. Why does Lily feel betrayed by her mother?

7. What does the narrator, Lily, say about what caused every problem in her life?

8. What does Madame Wang suggest is the reason Lily is not invited to Snow Flower's home?

9. What story does Aunt tell the girls about nu shu?

10. Describe the moment when Lily knows that Snow Flower loves her when they are in the women's chamber.

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