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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What benefit does Lao say she has from working for a Chinese family?
(a) They pay a living wage.
(b) She can build a home life of her own.
(c) They know the laws.
(d) They encourage her husband to stay with her.

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

3. In 1899, where did Lao's husband live?
(a) With Lao.
(b) On the streets.
(c) At his employer's house.
(d) With Mantze's cousin.

4. What did Lao witness in Newchang?
(a) A government destroying records.
(b) People fleeing the country.
(c) The carnage of an accident from a ship.
(d) Food wasted.

5. Initially, how long was Mantze allowed to be with Lao at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?
(a) Only when Mantze works.
(b) Never.
(c) All the time.
(d) Half the time.

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

7. Where could Mantze not learn to be a good servant for her future mother-in-law?
(a) In a house where the food is provided by others.
(b) With her mother.
(c) In a rich country.
(d) At a unsafe location.

8. In 1899, who leased the house Lao lives in?
(a) Mantze.
(b) Lao.
(c) Lao's husband.
(d) Mrs. Burns.

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

10. In 1901, what happened to Lao?
(a) She got hurt at work.
(b) She gave birth to another daughter.
(c) She was evicted from her home.
(d) She lost her job.

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

12. What did Lao believe is the only thing a woman has?
(a) A family of her own.
(b) Equal rights.
(c) A well-kept home.
(d) Her own hands.

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

14. Who was Mantze's midwife?
(a) Mrs. Lan.
(b) Mrs. Chang.
(c) Mrs. Burns.
(d) Mrs. Yuntze.

15. What happens to the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She disappears.
(c) She goes to jail.
(d) She enters a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lao and her husband do for Mantze's husband?

2. In 1901, what happened to Li Yuntze?

3. What best describes Lao's employers at Major Liu's house?

4. What decision did Lao have to make concerning her employment with Chang the Chen T'ai?

5. Who rented a home for Mantze and her husband?

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