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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Ying-Ying St. Clair, "The Moon Lady".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An-Mei's mother left her behind in order to _____________________________________________.
(a) Let her have a life with her younger brother
(b) Save her from her new husband's disregard
(c) Save An-Mei from her own humiliated station in life
(d) Have her raised by a woman who was more stable

2. 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

3. In order to promote her fertility, Lindo was given ________________________.
(a) Gold and jewelry
(b) Scissors and sewing needles
(c) Strong backrubs
(d) Polished dowry furniture

4. When Ying-Ying got dirty with turtle blood, Amah was afraid Ying-Ying's mother would _______________________________.
(a) Banish them both to Kunming
(b) Split them up
(c) Send them to Shang Hai
(d) Banish them from the village

5. The event that clouds An-Mei's early memory of her mother was _________________________________________________.
(a) She was severely burned as her mother was leaving
(b) Her aunt slapped her face
(c) She fell as she ran toward her mother
(d) She becomes convinced her that her mother was dead

Short Answer Questions

1. The token saved from the swan carries with it ________________________________.

2. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.

3. The woman's daughter speaks _______________________.

4. Auntie had a tongue "like hungry scissors _________________________.

5. Ying-Ying feels that both she and her grown daughter are ______________.

(see the answer key)

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