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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily's aunt want the girls to know about in the outside world?
(a) Climbing trees.
(b) How to swim.
(c) The alleys of the village.
(d) Birds of prey.

2. What is Lily's title at the beginning of the novel?
(a) One Who Has Not Yet Died.
(b) Wise Woman.
(c) Elder Stateswoman.
(d) Widow Lily.

3. How will Lily's family change from a laotong relationship?
(a) Less respect.
(b) No more difficult work.
(c) Better status and more money.
(d) Less status and money.

4. What is the upstairs room in Lily's childhood home used for?
(a) Carpentry room.
(b) Storage.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Her grandparents.

5. What did Third Sister do when her mother wanted to bind her feet?
(a) Remained stoically silent.
(b) Ran away to another town.
(c) Screamed and struggled in protest.
(d) Committed suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Third Sister die from?

2. What does Snow Flower make for breakfast when she is visiting Lily's family?

3. What does laotong mean?

4. What does Snow Flower teach Lily through her example when they are at the Temple of Gupo?

5. How old is Lily when she has her feet bound?

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