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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 was Ch'ien Lao-yeh qualified as?
(a) A gatekeeper.
(b) A district magistrate.
(c) A government official.
(d) A sworn father.

2. What was Ch'ien Lao-yeh's house like?
(a) Infested with bugs.
(b) Huge with hundreds living there.
(c) Creepy with weird noises.
(d) Small but pretty.

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

4. What benefit does Lao say she has from working for a Chinese family?
(a) They encourage her husband to stay with her.
(b) They pay a living wage.
(c) She can build a home life of her own.
(d) They know the laws.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1901, what happened to Lao?

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 decision did Lao have to make concerning her employment with Chang the Chen T'ai?

5. How much food did Lao and Mantze have at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Lao realize while she was at Ch'ien Lao-yeh's house?

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

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

5. How dis Lao spend extra money on Mantze?

6. How did Liu Ma help Lao?

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

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

9. How did Lao help the master with the mistresses during a fight?

10. How did Lao arrange Mantze's future?

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