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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. What is the title of the prologue?

2. What do the traditions Lao carried out during the woman's dying days ensure?

3. With whom did Lao run wild as a child?

4. Where did Lao and her family live by?

5. How did Yintze's parents react as she left their visits?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the awful events of 1887-1888 change Lao?

3. How were Lao's parents similar?

4. How did Lao's brother treat her?

5. Why did Lao tell several stories and legends?

6. Why would neighbors criticize Lao's mother?

7. As Lao's parents neared death, how did she care for them?

8. What happened to Lao when she was thirteen?

9. What situation helped Lao as she moved to her husband's home?

10. Why did neighbors believe Lao and other young women should not be outside their homes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which of Lao's children helped her the most? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How did Lao break expectations society has for her?

Essay Topic 3

How did the fortune teller influence Lao's life?

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