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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lao's husband do with their youngest daughter?
(a) Sold her.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Sent her to school.
(d) Put her up for adoption.

2. How did Fats'ai die?
(a) From drowning.
(b) From smallpox.
(c) From a broken neck.
(d) From a beating.

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

4. Why did neighbors criticize Lao's mother?
(a) Her kids ran wild.
(b) She did not understand the need to save money.
(c) She beat her children.
(d) Her husband cooked better than she.

5. What happened the first time Lao's feet were bound?
(a) Lao contracted "heavenly blossoms."
(b) Lao's sister became jealous.
(c) Lao's feet broke free.
(d) Lao's parents arranged her marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information concerning stories and legends does Lao state about a dog?

2. Why did Wen Chuan attend school as a child?

3. By the time Lao was born, what had happened to her family's finances?

4. With what did the wife of Lao's husband's cousin help Lao?

5. How did Fats'ai's mother think her son died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would neighbors criticize Lao's mother?

2. As Lao's parents neared death, how did she care for them?

3. How did the awful events of 1887-1888 change Lao?

4. What situation helped Lao as she moved to her husband's home?

5. After Lao's two daughters were born, what life choice did she make?

6. How did Lao behave when she visited her parents?

7. What happened to Yintze's marriage?

8. How did Lao's brother treat her?

9. Whom did Lao friend at her husband's home?

10. Why did neighbors believe Lao and other young women should not be outside their homes?

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