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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do women in pairs look for in the woods to make soup for Snow Flower?

2. What does Snow Flower say about her husband's family in "Sons"?

3. What is Snow Flower's appearance when Lily visits her in "Into the Clouds"?

4. Where do Lily and Snow Flower stay as they travel home after praying for the birth of healthy sons at the Temple of Gupo?

5. Who do Lily and Snow Flower find sitting around a fire up in the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Lily lets her son leave the upstairs chamber.

2. Why does Lily want to wait for her husband when the Taipings arrive in Snow Flower's village?

3. Describe Lily's son.

4. Describe Lily's reunion with her husband after she comes down from the mountain.

5. Does Lily miss her husband?

6. Is Lily supportive of her husband's plan to travel to Guilin and buy salt to sell back in Tongkou?

7. How does Lily respond when she hears Snow Flower sing the Letter of Vituperation?

8. How does Snow Flower's husband react when their second son dies from the cold?

9. What helped give the fleeing villagers courage as they sat in the bowl of the mountain?

10. How does Lily try to help Snow Flower on her deathbed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Madame Wang and her role in the novel. Does she seem to have more power as a woman because she has business dealings with men? Why doesn't Lily like her?

Essay Topic 2

How are girls and women restricted in their interaction with the larger world outside their homes? In what way does a "women's chamber" confine them? Provide three examples of how Lily catches glimpses of the world in her "daughter days."

Essay Topic 3

Do you think Lily makes up for her humiliation of Snow Flower by her actions during the last days of Snow Flower's life? Why does she ask for Snow Flower's forgiveness at the end of the novel? What is the one regret Lily has regarding her laotong relationship with Snow Flower?

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