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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Major Liu's house, whom did Lao live with?
(a) Both of Major Liu's wives.
(b) Major Liu and his family.
(c) Major Liu's second wife and her children.
(d) Lao lived in the servant's house, alone.

2. What kind of demands did Chinese families have for their maids?
(a) They are willing to pay more when they demand more.
(b) They have fewer demands of their maids than foreign missionaries.
(c) They have standard demands-the same everywhere.
(d) They demand more without paying more.

3. What was Ch'ien Lao-yeh qualified as?
(a) A sworn father.
(b) A government official.
(c) A district magistrate.
(d) A gatekeeper.

4. While Mantze lives with her husband, what did her husband bring home?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Another child.
(c) Money.
(d) Illness.

5. What kind of demands did foreign families have for their maids?
(a) Clothes to wash, sew and mend.
(b) Meals to prepare for large parties.
(c) Children to watch and teach.
(d) Floors to mop and other things that need done.

6. How did Lao feel at the end of the day while employed by Mrs. Burns?
(a) Overly tired.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Well rested.
(d) Sad.

7. Why did Mantze not deliver her child at Lao's home?
(a) Lao's house was too small.
(b) It was tradition that a child not be born in the home of a maternal grandmother.
(c) Lao did not want Mantze there.
(d) It was tradition that a child not be born where a duck has flown low.

8. What did Lao take to the home of Liu Ma?
(a) Family bibles.
(b) An infant.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

9. After employment with Change the Chen, where did Lao work?
(a) At a bar.
(b) Away from home.
(c) In a stable.
(d) With an opium-addicted woman.

10. What did Lao find when Mantze is 12?
(a) A safe job.
(b) Money for an education.
(c) A suitable husband for Mantze.
(d) A living space of her own.

11. How much food did Lao and Mantze have at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?
(a) None.
(b) Scraps.
(c) Plenty.
(d) Leftovers.

12. What did Li Yuntze do with a pair of shoes entrusted to him?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Sells them.
(c) Fixes them.
(d) Wears them.

13. What was Ch'ien Lao-yeh's house like?
(a) Small but pretty.
(b) Infested with bugs.
(c) Creepy with weird noises.
(d) Huge with hundreds living there.

14. What best describes Lao's time with Major Liu and his family?
(a) Overall happy.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Dismal.
(d) Exciting.

15. Why did Major Liu give Mantze and Lao food and time?
(a) Because he had extra money for more workers.
(b) Because he felt sad that Lao took care of his sick family.
(c) To earn Lao's trust.
(d) So Mantze will recover from smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lao insist concerning Mantze's marriage?

2. Where could Mantze not learn to be a good servant for her future mother-in-law?

3. At Major Liu's house, who contracted smallpox?

4. During the New Year's holiday of 1895, where did Lao get temporary work?

5. Why did Major Liu's family not contract smallpox?

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