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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At 13, what did Lao's parents teach her?
(a) Household duties.
(b) Religious beliefs.
(c) Science and astronomy.
(d) Math.

2. What did the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house do?
(a) Smoked lots of opium.
(b) Had affairs.
(c) Stole money for alcohol.
(d) Baked with the servants.

3. By the time Lao was born, what had happened to her family's finances?
(a) The finances had grown.
(b) They gave money to religious organizations.
(c) The family hid it from the government.
(d) The family squandered the inheritance.

4. Whom did Lao often play with at her husband's?
(a) Yantze.
(b) Mantze.
(c) Fats'ai and the other children.
(d) Chefoo.

5. What was Ch'ien Lao-yeh's house like?
(a) Infested with bugs.
(b) Small but pretty.
(c) Creepy with weird noises.
(d) Huge with hundreds living there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Chu family own?

2. What does the region of P'englai include?

3. What did Lao do for the old woman who fed her?

4. How much food did Lao and Mantze have at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?

5. Where did Chang the Chen T'ai's Third and Fourth Mistresses live while Lao is in service?

(see the answer key)

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