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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Rose Hsu Jordan, "Without Wood".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Twenty Six Malignant Gates is about _____________________________________________.
(a) The dangers present when one travels on wheels
(b) The diseases that are contagious and looming outside
(c) The crime that lies beyond the gates
(d) The bad things that can happen outside the house's protection

2. The vase that breaks in the bedroom symbolizes _____________________________.
(a) Lena and Harold's marriage
(b) Lena's mother's prophecy
(c) The separation of two halves
(d) Harold's insensitivity

3. Rose realizes that fate is shaped half by expectation, and _________________________.
(a) Half by inattention
(b) Half by pride
(c) Half by negative thinking
(d) Half by the gods

4. In addition to strategy, Waverly learns the finer points of ___________________________.
(a) Choosing her adversaries
(b) Being humble around men
(c) Chess etiquette
(d) Choosing presents wisely

5. The clothes Ying-Ying wears for the Moon Festival are ________________________.
(a) Festival clothes
(b) Ritual clothes
(c) Five Evil clothes
(d) Tiger clothes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides losing her name, Lena's mother lost ________________________.

3. Jeing-mei learns that her mother's lost babies ______________________________________.

4. Waverly was named after ____________________________.

5. Lindo was able to convince her in-laws to end her marriage by ______________________________.

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