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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lao do when Mantze is 15?
(a) Left the home of her employer.
(b) Divorced her husband.
(c) Moved Mantze out of her school.
(d) Kept Mantze's new job.

2. During the New Year's holiday of 1895, where did Lao get temporary work?
(a) At her old house cleaning floors.
(b) With the Lius at a new business venture.
(c) On the streets begging.
(d) For the Yin family at the Shou Pei.

3. What did the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house do?
(a) Baked with the servants.
(b) Stole money for alcohol.
(c) Smoked lots of opium.
(d) Had affairs.

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

5. After Lao delivered a son, what happened to her husband?
(a) He found a job.
(b) He died.
(c) He went to jail.
(d) He ran away.

6. What condition did Mantze's husband leave her in?
(a) Deranged.
(b) Starving.
(c) Homeless.
(d) Pregnant.

7. What does Lao say about working for foreign missionaries?
(a) They will not allow their maids to leave.
(b) It is harder to watch their children.
(c) They do not pay decent wages.
(d) It is easier than working for Chinese families.

8. What did Lao and her husband do for Mantze's husband?
(a) Got him out of jail.
(b) Found him a job.
(c) Gave him a house.
(d) Put him on a boat.

9. Why did Mantze not deliver her child at Lao's home?
(a) It was tradition that a child not be born where a duck has flown low.
(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) Lao's house was too small.

10. What did Liu Ma promise concerning Lao?
(a) To give will her money when she dies.
(b) To care for her as a mother would.
(c) To take care of her children since Lao cannot.
(d) To keep her job while she is gone.

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

12. How many wives did Chang the Chen T'ai have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

13. How were Lao's household duties at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?
(a) Light.
(b) Unfair.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Heavy.

14. How doid Mantze charm the Third Mistress?
(a) Mantze reads to her.
(b) Mantze tells her she wants to be with her.
(c) Mantze brushes her hair.
(d) Mantze cleans her room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lao's mistress at Ch'ien Lao-yeh's tell her?

2. After employment with Change the Chen, where did Lao work?

3. Who was Mantze's midwife?

4. What best describes Lao's time with Major Liu and his family?

5. Where did Chang the Chen T'ai's Third and Fourth Mistresses live while Lao is in service?

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