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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 mother struggle with when she had her own household?
(a) How to cook well.
(b) How to organize.
(c) How to buy food.
(d) How to handle a household.

2. How did Lao describe the village of her husband overall?
(a) Mythical.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Unclean.
(d) Extraordinary.

3. How old was Lao when her father first saw her?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. How did Wen Chuan's schooling affect him?
(a) It provided an opportunity to do opium.
(b) It made him ill prepared for life.
(c) It made him prepared for life.
(d) It gave him an inflated ego.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the traditions Lao carried out during the woman's dying days ensure?

2. What did Lao's sister do when their uncle came for a visit?

3. Whom did Fats'ai's mother blame for his death?

4. What information concerning stories and legends does Lao state about a tame goose?

5. What did Lao's father's job in a store require of him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Lao when she was thirteen?

3. How did Lao's brother treat her?

4. What was Lao's husband like during the early part of their marriage?

5. What was Lao's husband like?

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

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

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

9. Why did Lao tell several stories and legends?

10. Why would neighbors criticize Lao's mother?

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