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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. What decision did Lao have to make concerning her employment with Chang the Chen T'ai?
(a) To keep their secret or not.
(b) To travel with them or not.
(c) To find another mistress or not.
(d) To ask for more money or not.

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

3. How did Lao feel about the wife of her husband's cousin living with her?
(a) Confused.
(b) Worried.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Relieved.

4. What did Lao's sister do when their uncle came for a visit?
(a) Locke Lao in a room.
(b) Lied to the uncle about money.
(c) Created chaos so Lao is sent away.
(d) Spilled the dinner Lao made.

5. Why did Mantze return home after her marriage?
(a) Mantze neeed to help her mother.
(b) Her husband beat her.
(c) Lao could not afford to maintain two households.
(d) Mantze's husband died.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of demands did foreign families have for their maids?

3. What freedom did Lao's mother allow her as a child?

4. What benefit does Lao say she has from working for a Chinese family?

5. Who is Fats'ai?

(see the answer key)

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