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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily say sons are to women?
(a) Worthless.
(b) A burden.
(c) The reason marriages must end.
(d) Their crowning glory.

2. What does Uncle Lu have on his face that he likes to play with?
(a) Mole hairs.
(b) Long eyebrow hair.
(c) Beard.
(d) Mustache.

3. What does Lily do to Snow Flower when she loses control of her emotions at the Sitting and Singing ceremony of her neighbor?
(a) Pushes her out of her chair.
(b) Kneels before her in appreciation.
(c) Hugs her.
(d) She humiliates Snow Flower.

4. What qualities do Lily and Snow Flower share?
(a) Same last name.
(b) Same nose.
(c) Same laugh.
(d) Same height, beauty, and footbinding date.

5. What taboo do Lily and Snow Flower break?
(a) Staying outside all day.
(b) Eating spicy food when they are pregnant.
(c) Washing in the river water.
(d) Creating a laotong match between their unmatching daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Snow Flower's first born son when they are in the mountains?

2. What does Snow Flower sing at her cousin's Sitting and Singing phase that Lily attends and hears?

3. What does Lily's mother accuse Lily of being responsible for when they have a fight after Lily returns to her natal home in "The Temple of Gupo"?

4. Whose father takes the pipe too often?

5. What is Lady Lu not wearing when Lily meets her for the first time?

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