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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the prologue?
(a) Keeping Life.
(b) Sharing Memories.
(c) Family and Heartache.
(d) The City.

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

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

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

5. Where did Lao and her family live by?
(a) Erupting volcanoes.
(b) A traveling group of singers.
(c) North Gate.
(d) South Entrance.

6. What eventually happened to Fats'ali's mother?
(a) She had another boy.
(b) She remarried.
(c) She died.
(d) She returned to Lao's home.

7. With whom did Lao run wild as a child?
(a) Her brother.
(b) No one.
(c) Chou Wang's children.
(d) Neighborhood children.

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

9. Who lived with Lao at her husband's house?
(a) Only her husband.
(b) Lao's sister.
(c) The wife of her husband's cousin.
(d) Another family.

10. What did Lao's husband do with their youngest daughter?
(a) Sent her to school.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Put her up for adoption.
(d) Sold her.

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

12. During Lao's pregnancies, what was her life like?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Easy.
(c) Fair.
(d) Restful.

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

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

15. What did Lao's husband become addicted to?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Opium.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what did the wife of Lao's husband's cousin help Lao?

3. Who raised Lao's father?

4. Where was Lao's father when she was born?

5. What legend happened to Lao's family?

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