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

2. What kind of other servants lived with Lao at Major Liu's house?
(a) Unhelpful servants.
(b) Cruel servants.
(c) No other servants.
(d) Young servants.

3. What benefit does Lao say she has from working for a Chinese family?
(a) They pay a living wage.
(b) They encourage her husband to stay with her.
(c) They know the laws.
(d) She can build a home life of her own.

4. What did Liu Ma promise concerning Lao?
(a) To care for her as a mother would.
(b) To take care of her children since Lao cannot.
(c) To give will her money when she dies.
(d) To keep her job while she is gone.

5. Why did Major Liu give Mantze and Lao food and time?
(a) So Mantze will recover from smallpox.
(b) Because he felt sad that Lao took care of his sick family.
(c) To earn Lao's trust.
(d) Because he had extra money for more workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1899, where did Lao's husband live?

2. How many siblings did Lao's father have?

3. What does Lao Say most Chinese families expect of their maids?

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

5. Who lived with Lao at her husband's house?

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