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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Pages 175-248.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the New Year's holiday of 1895, where did Lao get temporary work?
(a) At her old house cleaning floors.
(b) For the Yin family at the Shou Pei.
(c) On the streets begging.
(d) With the Lius at a new business venture.

2. How did Mei Jun's family react when she has her first child?
(a) The family ignored her.
(b) The family was saddened.
(c) The family was shocked.
(d) The family sent money.

3. What job did Lao's father have in a store?
(a) Cleaning the sidewalks.
(b) Selling feed.
(c) Working as a clerk.
(d) Keeping books.

4. How were Lao's household duties at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Unfair.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Light.

5. What did Lao do for the old woman who fed her?
(a) Nursed her until her death.
(b) Gave her Lao's mother's leftover medicine.
(c) Tended her garden.
(d) Paid her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lao often play with at her husband's?

2. How did Lao describe the village of her husband overall?

3. What did the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house do?

4. Whom did Lao's son marry?

5. Who is Fats'ai's father?

(see the answer key)

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