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

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

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

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

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

7. Where did Fats'ai hide while playing with Lao one day?
(a) At a stranger's house.
(b) In a water container.
(c) Behind a tree.
(d) In an attic.

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

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

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

11. What happened to Lao when she was seven?
(a) Her family bound her feet.
(b) Her father died.
(c) Her mother began working outside the home.
(d) Her brother was born.

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

13. In the past, what was Lao's family's financial situation?
(a) They never had money.
(b) The family was wealthy.
(c) They always wasted money.
(d) They earned honest wages.

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

15. What did the neighbors do concerning Lao and Fats'ai's mother's relationship after Fats'ai's death?
(a) Sent Fats'ai's mother away.
(b) Took Fats'ai's mother to a hospital.
(c) Made Lao watch Fats'ai's mother.
(d) Found Fats'ai's mother another child.