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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 did Yuxiu invent?
(a) Silk embroidery.
(b) A special recipe for chicken.
(c) Nu shu.
(d) Women's shoes.

2. What does Snow Flower write to Lily about before they meet?
(a) Picture of birds.
(b) Invitation to be her "old same."
(c) Song lyrics.
(d) Message about their birth dates.

3. What is Snow Flower's father addicted to?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Opium.
(d) Sweets.

4. What are the girls fed to soften their bones?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Rice.
(c) Red-bean dumplings.
(d) Tea.

5. What do the eggs and rice represent that Lily's family sends to the grooms' families?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Success.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color veil does Lily wear for her wedding?

2. What does Lily say her grandmother looked like to her when she was five?

3. What was Lily's favorite part of the day when she was five?

4. Who is Snow Flower?

5. How long must Lily wait to walk down the stairs after her feet are bound?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Lily shocked when she visits Snow Flower's home?

2. What does Madame Wang say about Lily's feet?

3. At the beginning of the novel, what does Lily say interests her now?

4. What does Lily learn when her lessons begin in the women's chambers?

5. What is the reason Lily and Snow Flower are alone in the women's chamber during the Catching Cool Breezes Festival?

6. What does Lily think of her new husband?

7. Does Lily accept Snow Flower's invitation to be her laotong?

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

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

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

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