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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 did Lao's mistress at Ch'ien Lao-yeh's tell her?
(a) Not to create a scene.
(b) Not to become a Christian.
(c) Not to eat from street workers.
(d) Not to ask for money.

2. How did Fats'ai die?
(a) From smallpox.
(b) From drowning.
(c) From a beating.
(d) From a broken neck.

3. In the past, what was Lao's family's financial situation?
(a) The family was wealthy.
(b) They always wasted money.
(c) They earned honest wages.
(d) They never had money.

4. What does Lao Say most Chinese families expect of their maids?
(a) To keep them for life.
(b) Free labor.
(c) For wet-nurses.
(d) For them to live in their homes.

5. What kind of cook was Lao's father?
(a) A wonderful cook.
(b) A terrible cook.
(c) He never cooks.
(d) He can only make rice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lao take a job in 1899?

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

3. What did Lao believe is the only thing a woman has?

4. When Lao returned to the home of her parents while pregnant, what did she plan to do?

5. What did Mantze learn at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?

(see the answer key)

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