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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lao returned to the home of her parents while pregnant, what did she plan to do?
(a) Clean for them.
(b) Go to college.
(c) Learn to beg.
(d) Steal their money.

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

3. How many siblings did Lao's father have?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

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

5. What caused Lao's father's business to fail?
(a) An insect infestation.
(b) Stolen recipes.
(c) A dishonest employee.
(d) A fire destroyed his building.

6. Whom did Fats'ai's mother blame for his death?
(a) Herself.
(b) Lao.
(c) Her employer.
(d) Liu-Yi-tze.

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

8. What did Lao's father do to earn money for the family?
(a) Sold cakes.
(b) Distributed drugs.
(c) Cleaned houses.
(d) Sewed.

9. While playing with Lao one day, what doid Fats'ai cry out for?
(a) Lao to run away.
(b) Lao to let him out.
(c) Lao to find his mother.
(d) Lao to get him food.

10. What freedom did Lao's mother allow her as a child?
(a) To run without bound feet.
(b) To eat a variety of food.
(c) To play with her sister outside.
(d) To ignore school.

11. What does the region of P'englai include?
(a) Lakes and valleys.
(b) Oceans and sand.
(c) Merchants and a prison.
(d) The Water City.

12. What happened to Lao's paternal grandparents?
(a) They died when Lao's father was young.
(b) They sold Lao's father.
(c) They died in the war.
(d) They went to prison.

13. How did Wen Chuan's schooling affect him?
(a) It provided an opportunity to do opium.
(b) It made him ill prepared for life.
(c) It made him prepared for life.
(d) It gave him an inflated ego.

14. How did Yintze's parents react as she left their visits?
(a) Tired.
(b) Excited.
(c) Grief-stricken.
(d) Annoyed.

15. When were Lao's feet bound for the second time?
(a) When her father could afford it.
(b) When she was thirteen.
(c) When she was nine.
(d) When a neighbor told her mother to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of events happened in the village, according to Lao?

2. From 1870-1881, where did Lao and her family move?

3. During Lao's pregnancies, what was her life like?

4. What information concerning stories and legends does Lao state about a tame goose?

5. Why did neighbors criticize Lao's mother?

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