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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 decision did Lao have to make concerning her employment with Chang the Chen T'ai?
(a) To ask for more money or not.
(b) To find another mistress or not.
(c) To keep their secret or not.
(d) To travel with them or not.

2. What happened when two wives quarrel over Chang the Chen T'ai's favor one day?
(a) Another wife was called to help.
(b) The master leaves.
(c) Lao was called to intervene.
(d) The shaman was called.

3. In 1899, who leased the house Lao lives in?
(a) Mantze.
(b) Lao's husband.
(c) Mrs. Burns.
(d) Lao.

4. What did Lao insist concerning Mantze's marriage?
(a) That Lao not be present.
(b) That the future husband pay for part of the ceremony.
(c) That Mantze's father be opium-free the day of the ceremony.
(d) That Mantze have a wedding.

5. How did Lao feel at the end of the day while employed by Mrs. Burns?
(a) Overly tired.
(b) Well rested.
(c) Sad.
(d) Irritated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lao and her husband do for Mantze's husband?

3. What did the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house do?

4. Who nurses Lao and Mantze's babies?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lao make life plans for Mantze?

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

3. How did Liu Ma help Lao?

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

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

6. How did Lao feel about her overall life with Major Liu?

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

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

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

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

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