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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How old was Lao when her father first saw her?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What did the Chu family own?
(a) Boats.
(b) Stocks.
(c) A garden.
(d) Machines.

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

13. 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 took care of Lao's children.
(c) Fats'ai's mother relied on Lao.
(d) Fats'ai's mother continually quarreled with Lao.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Yintze's parents react in such a way as Yintze left their visits?

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

3. What happened to Lao's paternal grandparents?

4. What happened to Lao when she was seven?

5. What sort of life did Lao's mother lead as a youngster?

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