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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 do the traditions Lao carried out during the woman's dying days ensure?
(a) That she will not go to the devil.
(b) That she will live again.
(c) That she will have a safe and speedy passage.
(d) That she will see her loved ones again.

2. Why did Lao return to the home of her husband?
(a) Lao's parents had no money.
(b) Lao did not know how to beg.
(c) Lao and her sister caused their parents too much grief.
(d) Lao's parents did not want her.

3. While playing with Lao one day, what doid Fats'ai cry out for?
(a) Lao to run away.
(b) Lao to find his mother.
(c) Lao to get him food.
(d) Lao to let him out.

4. From 1870-1881, where did Lao and her family move?
(a) A emporer's castle.
(b) America.
(c) The Northeast corner.
(d) The Chou Wang Temple area.

5. How did Lao and Fats'ai's mother's relationship change after Fats'ai's death?
(a) Fats'ai's mother relied on Lao.
(b) Fats'ai's mother refused to speak to Lao.
(c) Fats'ai's mother took care of Lao's children.
(d) Fats'ai's mother continually quarreled with Lao.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yintze do when her visits with the parents came to an end?

2. What happened to Lao's paternal grandparents?

3. At 13, what did Lao's parents do to her?

4. What happened to Lao when she was seven?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lao's husband like?

2. What happened to Chinya?

3. What effect did Lao's running wild have on her future?

4. What happened to Yintze's marriage?

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

6. When did Chinese ladies get married?

7. How were Lao's parents similar?

8. What happened to Fats'ai?

9. How did Lao's brother treat her?

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

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