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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Pages 39-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lived with Lao at her husband's house?
(a) Lao's sister.
(b) Another family.
(c) Only her husband.
(d) The wife of her husband's cousin.

2. Why did Wen Chuan attend school as a child?
(a) He showed superb academic skills early.
(b) His uncles sent him to school with his cousins.
(c) The school taught solid trades.
(d) His uncle honored his father's wishes.

3. What did Lao's husband do with their youngest daughter?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Sold her.
(c) Sent her to school.
(d) Put her up for adoption.

4. Where was Lao born?
(a) Laos.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) P'englai.
(d) India.

5. What did the Chu family own?
(a) Machines.
(b) Stocks.
(c) Boats.
(d) A garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Lao's father?

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

3. By the time Lao was born, what had happened to her family's finances?

4. Whom did Fats'ai's mother blame for his death?

5. What happened to Lao in 1881?

(see the answer key)

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