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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. From 1870-1881, where did Lao and her family move?
(a) A emporer's castle.
(b) The Northeast corner.
(c) The Chou Wang Temple area.
(d) America.

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

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

8. What did Lao's father's job in a store require of him?
(a) To write advertisements.
(b) To lift heavy tools.
(c) To work in a garden.
(d) To use his math skills.

9. What happened as Fats'ai hides while playing with Lao one day?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He fell down.
(c) He got scared.
(d) Someone stole him.

10. What information concerning stories and legends does Lao state about a dog?
(a) A dog in a courtyard is bad luck.
(b) A dog in a courtyard is good luck.
(c) A dog kept her company.
(d) A dog cannot be inside a house.

11. How did Lao describe the village of her husband overall?
(a) Mythical.
(b) Extraordinary.
(c) Unclean.
(d) Ordinary.

12. What kind of hours did Lao's husband keep?
(a) He works nights.
(b) Regular.
(c) He rarely worked.
(d) Irregular.

13. Who is Fats'ai?
(a) Yintze's son.
(b) Lao's brother.
(c) Liu-Yi-tze's cousin's son.
(d) Lao's first child.

14. Who raised Lao's father?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) His sister.
(c) An uncle.
(d) Grandparents.

15. What did Yintze do when her visits with the parents came to an end?
(a) Stole from them.
(b) Happily left.
(c) Kept finding excuses to stay.
(d) Cried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the prologue?

2. What legend happened to Lao's family?

3. What did Lao's father do to earn money for the family?

4. What is the date of Lao's childhood?

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

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