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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the slave girl say she would do if she lost a gold watch in a field?
(a) Ask a ghost to find it.
(b) Search alone.
(c) Say a chant for it.
(d) Gather the village to search.

2. At the end of At the Western Palace, what does Brave Orchid warn her children of?
(a) Not to depend on others for money.
(b) Not to marry young.
(c) Not to live alone.
(d) Not to let their father marry another woman.

3. What is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother called?
(a) A Tormenting Ghost.
(b) A Haunting Ghost.
(c) A Sitting Ghost.
(d) A Flying Ghost.

4. How is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother described?
(a) Loud and chanting.
(b) Shapeless and shifting.
(c) Fuzzy and hairy.
(d) Cold and clammy.

5. Where was the first place Brave Orchid set foot in America?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) San Francisco.

6. Why does Moon Orchid think Brave Orchid's children are vain?
(a) They only respond to compliments.
(b) They comment on her appearance.
(c) They spend too much time in front of the mirror.
(d) They spend too much money on clothes.

7. Where was Moon Orchid living in China before she came to America?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Peiping.
(c) A small village.
(d) Beijing.

8. What does Maxine's mother buy in China to act as a bodyguard?
(a) A spiritual protection.
(b) A male slave.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A wolf.

9. Who is Moon Orchid afraid of while she is living in California?
(a) The Canadians.
(b) The Mexicans.
(c) The Japanese Americans.
(d) The Chinese Americans.

10. What does immigration ask Maxine's mother about the narrator's father?
(a) When he cut off his pigtail.
(b) When he left for America.
(c) His birthdate.
(d) Did he serve in the war.

11. What subjects did all of Brave Orchid's children major in?
(a) History and civics.
(b) English and literature.
(c) Psychology and sociology.
(d) Science and math.

12. With whom does Maxine's mother live while she attends medical school?
(a) Two other girls.
(b) Five other girls.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her husband.

13. How does Moon Orchid interact with the narrator?
(a) Moon Orchid is outspokenly afraid of the narrator.
(b) The narrator is Moon Orchid's favorite of all of the children.
(c) Moon Orchid treats the narrator like all of Brave Orchid's children.
(d) The narrator is the only American Moon Orchid will talk to.

14. According to the fortune teller, what is the number of the universe?
(a) 14.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

15. What does the piece of wood smell like when the girls burn it?
(a) Perfume.
(b) A gas leak.
(c) A corpse.
(d) Mold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Moon Orchid learns to do at the laundry?

2. Why was Moon Orchid finally able to come to the United States?

3. According to Maxine's mother, what flies out of the mail when she opens it?

4. What does Brave Orchid buy for her father?

5. What gift does Moon Orchid bring from Lovely Orchid?

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