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

2. What best describes Lao's employers at Major Liu's house?
(a) Cruel and mean.
(b) Selfish and hurtful.
(c) Easy-going and kind.
(d) Indifferent and quiet.

3. What kind of demands did Chinese families have for their maids?
(a) They have fewer demands of their maids than foreign missionaries.
(b) They demand more without paying more.
(c) They are willing to pay more when they demand more.
(d) They have standard demands-the same everywhere.

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

5. Where did Lao take a job in 1899?
(a) With Mrs. Burns.
(b) On the riverboat.
(c) Japan.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lao Say most Chinese families expect of their maids?

2. What did Lao insist concerning Mantze's marriage?

3. What did Lao's mistress at Ch'ien Lao-yeh's tell her?

4. What did Lao find when Mantze is 12?

5. What did Li Yuntze do with a pair of shoes entrusted to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Lao make life plans for Mantze?

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

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

9. What happened to Mantze and her marriage?

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

(see the answer keys)

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