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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Parable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Suyuan Woo hoped her daughter _________________________________.
(a) Had a talent for playing piano
(b) Would grow up to be a tax attorney
(c) Would grow up to be like her
(d) Would not be like Waverly Jong

2. Lindo was able to convince her in-laws to end her marriage by ______________________________.
(a) Playing into their superstitions
(b) Crying and wailing
(c) Offering them all of her gold
(d) Being infertile

3. How did Ying-Ying's rescuers determine she was not a beggar?
(a) She had on embroidered clothing
(b) She was pale with soft feet
(c) Her manners were polished
(d) She did not speak but could only cry

4. Lindo's mother-in-law _______________________________.
(a) Helped Lindo learn to read
(b) Raised Lindo as her own child
(c) Taught Lindo to be a good housewife
(d) Isolated Lindo throughout her childhood

5. How was Ying-Ying rescued from the water?
(a) She was pulled ashore by brigands
(b) She swam to a fishing boat
(c) Fishermen pulled her up in their net
(d) A snake held her above water

Short Answer Questions

1. Very few guests attended Lindo's wedding because _______________________________.

2. An-Mei's mother left her behind in order to _____________________________________________.

3. The mother's fear for her child is that _______________________________________.

4. The child of this Chinese mother proves to be ______________________________.

5. Lindo Jong's family treated her ________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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