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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 believe is the only thing a woman has?
(a) Her own hands.
(b) Equal rights.
(c) A family of her own.
(d) A well-kept home.

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

3. What did the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house do?
(a) Had affairs.
(b) Baked with the servants.
(c) Smoked lots of opium.
(d) Stole money for alcohol.

4. Why did Major Liu give Mantze and Lao food and time?
(a) So Mantze will recover from smallpox.
(b) Because he had extra money for more workers.
(c) To earn Lao's trust.
(d) Because he felt sad that Lao took care of his sick family.

5. Who rented a home for Mantze and her husband?
(a) Mrs. Burns.
(b) Lao.
(c) Foreign missionaries.
(d) Mantze's in-laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1899, how was Lao's husband's opium use?

2. Where did Chang the Chen T'ai's Third and Fourth Mistresses live while Lao is in service?

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

4. What happens to the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house?

5. What does Lao say about working for foreign missionaries?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lao like working for Chinese families more than working for foreign missionaries?

2. How did Lao arrange Mantze's future?

3. What happened with Lao when she quarreled with her mistress at Major Liu's house?

4. How did Lao and her husband's relationship change in 1899?

5. How did Lao's life with the military officials begin?

6. How did Lao feel when her husband died? Why?

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

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

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

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

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