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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 share about Ch'ien Lao-yeh's family?

2. Who rented a home for Mantze and her husband?

3. In 1899, how was Lao's husband's opium use?

4. Why did Liu Ma become Lao's "sworn mother"?

5. What relation was Ch'ien Lao-yeh to Lao?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mantze's second daughter and Lao's son grow up together?

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

3. How does Lao like working for Chinese families more than working for foreign missionaries?

4. How did Lao arrange Mantze's future?

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

6. How did Lao help the master with the mistresses during a fight?

7. How was Lao's life with Chang the Chen T'ai?

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

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

10. What happened to Mantze and her marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lao's relationship with Mantze and then later with Sue Teh demonstrate the change in women over generations?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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