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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Pages 142-174.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lao feel about scolding?
(a) She never understood her scoldings.
(b) She ignored the scolding so it would go away.
(c) She distrusted her mistress who scolded her.
(d) She disliked constant and unforgiving scolding.

2. What did Lao's mother struggle with when she had her own household?
(a) How to buy food.
(b) How to organize.
(c) How to handle a household.
(d) How to cook well.

3. Where did Chang the Chen T'ai's Third and Fourth Mistresses live while Lao is in service?
(a) With the servants.
(b) In an apartment.
(c) At another house.
(d) At his house.

4. During Lao's pregnancies, what was her life like?
(a) Easy.
(b) Fair.
(c) Restful.
(d) Difficult.

5. What did Lao and her husband do for Mantze's husband?
(a) Found him a job.
(b) Put him on a boat.
(c) Got him out of jail.
(d) Gave him a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. After employment with Change the Chen, where did Lao work?

2. Why was Lao sometimes unhappy at Major Liu's house?

3. What condition did Mantze's husband leave her in?

4. Why did Mantze not deliver her child at Lao's home?

5. At Major Liu's house, who contracted smallpox?

(see the answer key)

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