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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Moon Orchid live after she sees her husband again?
(a) With her daughter.
(b) With her husband.
(c) With her husband's second wife.
(d) With Brave Orchid.

2. When does Maxine become miserable at school?
(a) When she is silent.
(b) When she is forced to speak Chinese.
(c) When she takes art classes.
(d) When she learns to talk.

3. Where is Moon Orchid finally happy living?
(a) In her own apartment.
(b) In Brave Orchid's house.
(c) In her daughter's house.
(d) In a mental asylum.

4. What does Maxine say the Chinese will do during a piano recital?
(a) Talk.
(b) Sit silently.
(c) Clap.
(d) Knit.

5. What does the girl in Maxine's story follow at the beginning of the story?
(a) The whispers of a ghost.
(b) The call of a bird.
(c) The whistle of the wind.
(d) The shadows of the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Maxine's mother live while she attends medical school?

2. What group terrorizes Maxine's family in China?

3. Where does the girl stay at the top of the mountain?

4. For how many years is Maxine's mother at medical school?

5. How often does Maxine's mother tell stories?

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