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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. What is the title of the prologue?
(a) Family and Heartache.
(b) Keeping Life.
(c) Sharing Memories.
(d) The City.

2. With whom did Lao run wild as a child?
(a) No one.
(b) Chou Wang's children.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Neighborhood children.

3. With what did the wife of Lao's husband's cousin help Lao?
(a) Cooking skills.
(b) Housetending.
(c) Patience.
(d) Homesickness.

4. What sort of life did Lao's mother lead as a youngster?
(a) She lived a depressing life.
(b) She was part of the elite.
(c) She was a slave.
(d) She lived a sheltered life.

5. How did Lao know her son's future wife from earlier in life?
(a) She attended school with Lao's granddaughters.
(b) They once met at a party.
(c) She once worked for Lao.
(d) They were once neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Li Yuntze do with a pair of shoes entrusted to him?

2. What happens to the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house?

3. What kind of hours did Lao's husband keep?

4. How did Fats'ai's mother think her son died?

5. How many wives did Chang the Chen T'ai have?

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