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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened the first time Lao's feet were bound?
(a) Lao's parents arranged her marriage.
(b) Lao's feet broke free.
(c) Lao contracted "heavenly blossoms."
(d) Lao's sister became jealous.

2. Why did Lao return to the home of her husband?
(a) Lao's parents had no money.
(b) Lao did not know how to beg.
(c) Lao and her sister caused their parents too much grief.
(d) Lao's parents did not want her.

3. What do the traditions Lao carried out during the woman's dying days ensure?
(a) That she will not go to the devil.
(b) That she will live again.
(c) That she will have a safe and speedy passage.
(d) That she will see her loved ones again.

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

5. How did Lao and Fats'ai's mother's relationship change after Fats'ai's death?
(a) Fats'ai's mother refused to speak to Lao.
(b) Fats'ai's mother continually quarreled with Lao.
(c) Fats'ai's mother relied on Lao.
(d) Fats'ai's mother took care of Lao's children.

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

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

8. By the time Lao was born, what had happened to her family's finances?
(a) They gave money to religious organizations.
(b) The family hid it from the government.
(c) The family squandered the inheritance.
(d) The finances had grown.

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

10. Where was Lao's father when she was born?
(a) Next door.
(b) Away working.
(c) Working in a field.
(d) At a pub.

11. What did Lao do for the old woman who fed her?
(a) Paid her.
(b) Gave her Lao's mother's leftover medicine.
(c) Nursed her until her death.
(d) Tended her garden.

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

13. What information concerning stories and legends did Lao state about a cat?
(a) The cat cannot be in a kitchen.
(b) A cat in a courtyard is good luck.
(c) The cat killed a child.
(d) A cat in a courtyard is bad luck.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lao's father's business failed, why did he not show himself to the village when he returned?

2. How long did the wife of Liu-Yi-tze's cousin stay with Lao?

3. Whom did Lao often play with at her husband's?

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

5. Where did Fats'ai hide while playing with Lao one day?

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