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The Woman Warrior | Quiz

Maxine Hong Kingston
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The Woman Warrior | Quiz

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1)

What does the woman give the women with bound feet? (from White Tigers)

New shoes.
Beads.
Salve and prayers.
Bags of rice.
2)

What does Maxine have to learn how to do again after her illness? (from Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe)

Eat.
Walk.
Talk.
Read and write.
3)

What document does Maxine's mother have mailed to America? (from Shaman)

Her medical diploma.
Her marriage license.
Her birth certificate.
Her husband's birth certificate.
4)

Why is Maxine fired from her job at the land developer's association? (from White Tigers)

She refuses to marry her boss.
She refuses to paint with a certain color.
She refuses to answer the phones.
She refuses to type invitations.
5)

What is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother called? (from Shaman)

A Flying Ghost.
A Tormenting Ghost.
A Sitting Ghost.
A Haunting Ghost.
6)

For what profession does Brave Orchid tell the dealer she will train the slave girl? (from Shaman)

A nurse.
A weaver.
A gardener.
A storyteller.
7)

Where does Maxine torment the quiet girl and make her cry? (from Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe)

On the playground.
On the street.
In the classroom.
In the bathroom.
8)

What does Maxine see rising from her female neighbor's body? (from Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe)

A ghost-like figure.
An awful stench.
A silver heat.
Tiny insects.
9)

What does the slave girl have to do to pass Brave Orchid's test? (from Shaman)

Tie a certain kind of knot.
Lift more than 30 pounds.
Explain her knowledge of medicine.
Write a word from memory.
10)

According to Maxine's mother, what flies out of the mail when she opens it? (from Shaman)

The wisdom of her ancestors.
Memories from her birthplace.
The smell of China.
Unwelcome dust.
11)

How does Moon Orchid describe Brave Orchid's oldest daughter? (from At the Western Palace)

Picky and stubborn.
Confusing and talkative.
Silent and dumb.
Messy and absent-minded.
12)

What does Maxine's mother make for people to end infertility? (from Shaman)

Soup.
Totems.
Salves.
Roots.
13)

What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem? (from Shaman)

A tiger.
A dragon.
A lion.
A panther.
14)

Who first tells Maxine the story about Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid confronting Moon Orchid's husband? (from Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe)

The narrator's siblings.
The narrator's aunt.
Moon Orchid.
The narrator's mother.
15)

What did a medium once tell Maxine? (from White Tigers)

That the narrator would be troubled by ghosts.
That the narrator would live a long life.
That the narrator would never marry.
That the narrator could be a medium.
16)

What does Moon Orchid's husband call Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid? (from At the Western Palace)

Grandmothers.
Peasants.
Friends.
Strangers.
17)

What score does Maxine once get on her I.Q. test? (from Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe)

0.
109.
72.
51.
18)

In Brave Orchid's story of the emperor with four wives, which of the four wives does Brave Orchid feel Moon Orchid is most similar to? (from At the Western Palace)

The Empress of the South.
The Empress of the North.
The Empress of the East.
The Empress of the West.
19)

How does Maxine talk in front of the therapists? (from Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe)

In Chinese only.
Normally.
In a strange voice.
She does not talk in front of the therapists.
20)

Where do Maxine's neighbors take the narrator and her sister? (from Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe)

To church.
To the movies.
To school each day.
To the market.
21)

What disease does Brave Orchid examine the slave girls for? (from Shaman)

Bulemia.
Tuberculosis.
Osteoperosis.
Anemia.
22)

Where does Moon Orchid sit at the laundry? (from At the Western Palace)

On a crate.
Behind the counter.
With the washing machines.
In the back room.
23)

When was Maxine born? (from Shaman)

In the 19th Century.
Well after World War II.
During World War II.
Well before World War II.
24)

According to Moon Orchid, what Chinese word does Brave Orchid's oldest daughter's name sound like? (from At the Western Palace)

Rat.
Pig.
Ink.
Dirt.
25)

What is the other meaning of the Chinese word for female? (from White Tigers)

Slave.
Tiger.
Warrior.
Invisible.
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