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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At the Western Palace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maxine say about the separation between China and America?
(a) There is a huge separation in culture.
(b) There is a separation in ghost stories.
(c) Her mother does not acknowledge a separation.
(d) There is a lack of separation.

2. What does Maxine's mother earn a reputation for while she is at medical school?
(a) Being brilliant.
(b) Being deceitful.
(c) Being dimwitted.
(d) Being loud.

3. For how many years is Maxine's mother at medical school?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. What do Maxine's mother and her friends steal to burn the haunted room?
(a) Bed sheets and lighter fluid.
(b) Alcohol and matches.
(c) Firecrackers and newspaper.
(d) Wood and gasoline.

5. Why do the villagers curse Maxine's aunt's home?
(a) They are afraid her infidelity harmed them.
(b) She stole food from them.
(c) She cursed her neighbor's child.
(d) They want to avenge her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?

2. Why does Maxine feel she is punishing her aunt?

3. Where does Maxine's mother prefer to study?

4. What does Maxine's aunt do after delivering her baby?

5. Who does Moon Orchid's daughter live with?

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