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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through No Name Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maxine re-tell her aunts story?
(a) So she can depict the aunt in a better light.
(b) So her mother will be angry.
(c) So she can be haunted by ghosts.
(d) So she can break the curse of her aunt.

2. What does Maxine question about her mother's stories?
(a) If they are all true.
(b) If she has changed the names.
(c) If they are warnings for the future.
(d) If she believes them herself.

3. What character does "No Name Woman" most likely refer to?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The narrator's aunt.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The narrator's grandmother.

4. Where does Maxine's aunt deliver her baby?
(a) In her home.
(b) In the pigsty.
(c) In her sister-in-law's home.
(d) In the garden.

5. In No Name Woman, which character dies?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The narrator's uncle.
(c) The narrator's aunt.
(d) The narrator's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?

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

4. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?

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

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