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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. Who helped with Mantze's wedding?
(a) Lao's parents.
(b) Lao and her friends.
(c) Li Yuntze's parents.
(d) Lao's parents.

2. Why was Lao sometimes unhappy at Major Liu's house?
(a) She worried about Mantze.
(b) She did not make enough money.
(c) She was often scolded.
(d) She needed to return to her husband.

3. At Major Liu's house, who contracted smallpox?
(a) Lao.
(b) Mantze.
(c) Major Liu.
(d) Major Liu's family.

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

5. In 1901, what did Lao want for Mantze?
(a) To begin college.
(b) To move to America.
(c) To begin her own life with her own family.
(d) To gain her freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What describes Mantze's marriage?

2. While Mantze lives with her husband, what did her husband bring home?

3. What condition did Mantze's husband leave her in?

4. How were Lao's household duties at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to Mantze and her marriage?

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

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

8. How did Liu Ma help Lao?

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

10. How dis Lao spend extra money on Mantze?

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