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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lao often play with at her husband's?

2. What did Yintze do when her visits with the parents came to an end?

3. Who often fed Lao when there was nothing in her house to eat after Fats'ai's mother left?

4. When were Lao's feet bound for the second time?

5. At 13, what did Lao's parents do to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lao's husband like?

2. Why did Lao detail her bound feet?

3. What happened to Chinya?

4. How did Lao's father's early life influence the rest of his life?

5. How did Lao's brother treat her?

6. What effect did Lao's running wild have on her future?

7. What began to happen to Lao's household before Mantze was born?

8. When did Chinese ladies get married?

9. What sort of jobs did Lao's father keep during her youth?

10. What happened to Yintze's marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Lao judge Mantze fairly? How?

Essay Topic 2

What forms of irony exist in the story? Examine the effect of the ironic events.

Essay Topic 3

What is typical about Lao and Mantze's relationship?

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