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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. Why did Mantze return home after her marriage?
(a) Mantze's husband died.
(b) Her husband beat her.
(c) Mantze neeed to help her mother.
(d) Lao could not afford to maintain two households.

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

3. What does Lao say about working for foreign missionaries?
(a) It is easier than working for Chinese families.
(b) It is harder to watch their children.
(c) They will not allow their maids to leave.
(d) They do not pay decent wages.

4. What did Lao do when Mantze is 15?
(a) Left the home of her employer.
(b) Moved Mantze out of her school.
(c) Divorced her husband.
(d) Kept Mantze's new job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mantze not deliver her child at Lao's home?

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

3. In 1899, where did Lao's husband live?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Liu Ma help Lao?

2. How had Mantze's husband changed when he returned after the birth of Mantze's second daughter?

3. How did Li Yuntz and his family handle Mantze's pregnancies?

4. What did readers learn about Mantze as she charmed Third Mistress?

5. What happened the day a shaman arrived at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?

6. What was Lao's life like while she lived with the civil officials?

7. How did Lao arrange Mantze's future?

8. Why did Lao leave Major Liu's house a second time?

9. How does Lao explain why she likes working for foreign missionaries more than working for Chinese families?

10. How was Lao's life with Chang the Chen T'ai?

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