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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 find when Mantze is 12?
(a) Money for an education.
(b) A living space of her own.
(c) A safe job.
(d) A suitable husband for Mantze.

2. What condition did Mantze's husband leave her in?
(a) Homeless.
(b) Starving.
(c) Pregnant.
(d) Deranged.

3. What kind of woman was Old Mistress Chang?
(a) Harsh and demanding.
(b) Giving and secretive.
(c) Odd and mystical.
(d) Kind and sweet.

4. What did Lao share about Ch'ien Lao-yeh's family?
(a) They keep secrets.
(b) They have very little money.
(c) They are thiefs who run from authorities.
(d) They have been in the law for generations.

5. What kind of other servants lived with Lao at Major Liu's house?
(a) Young servants.
(b) Unhelpful servants.
(c) No other servants.
(d) Cruel servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lao take to the home of Liu Ma?

2. In 1899, who leased the house Lao lives in?

3. In 1901, what happened to Lao?

4. Why was Lao sometimes unhappy at Major Liu's house?

5. What did Liu Ma promise concerning Lao?

Short Essay Questions

1. How dis Lao spend extra money on Mantze?

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

3. How did Lao arrange Mantze's future?

4. What does Lao recount about the three times that she "died"?

5. How did Mantze's second daughter and Lao's son grow up together?

6. Why did Lao invite her husband back into her life?

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

8. Why did Lao make life plans for Mantze?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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