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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 know the laws.
(b) They encourage her husband to stay with her.
(c) They pay a living wage.
(d) She can build a home life of her own.

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

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

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

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

6. What best describes Lao's employers at Major Liu's house?
(a) Easy-going and kind.
(b) Indifferent and quiet.
(c) Cruel and mean.
(d) Selfish and hurtful.

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

8. While working for Mrs. Burns, how did Lao keep her house?
(a) She never cleans it.
(b) She spends a great deal of money on it.
(c) She trusts Mantze to care for it.
(d) She does not have a house.

9. In 1901, what did Lao want for Mantze?
(a) To begin college.
(b) To gain her freedom.
(c) To move to America.
(d) To begin her own life with her own family.

10. In 1899, how was Lao's husband's opium use?
(a) Sickening him.
(b) Gone.
(c) At a high point.
(d) Mellowed.

11. Where did Chang the Chen T'ai's Third and Fourth Mistresses live while Lao is in service?
(a) At another house.
(b) In an apartment.
(c) With the servants.
(d) At his house.

12. How long did Mantze stay with her husband after their marriage?
(a) They are never together.
(b) A month.
(c) Only a short time.
(d) One year.

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

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

15. Who helped with Mantze's wedding?
(a) Lao's parents.
(b) Lao's parents.
(c) Lao and her friends.
(d) Li Yuntze's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chang the Chen T'ai's first wife do?

2. What did Mantze's mother-in-law send for Mantze's baby?

3. What did Lao witness in Newchang?

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

5. In 1901, what happened to Li Yuntze?

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