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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 did Lao's father do to earn money for the family?

2. What is the title of the prologue?

3. What was Lao's husband by trade?

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

5. What freedom did Lao's mother allow her as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lao behave when she visited her parents?

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

3. What was Lao's husband like during the early part of their marriage?

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

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

6. What happened to Yintze's marriage?

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

8. Whom did Lao friend at her husband's home?

9. What happened to Chinya?

10. Why would neighbors criticize Lao's mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did superstitions and beliefs play a role in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How did Lao's father struggle with employment throughout his life?

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