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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lily's mother treat her?
(a) As if she is of no consequence.
(b) Lovingly.
(c) With great honor.
(d) Respectfully.

2. What does laotong mean?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) Old same.
(d) Ancestors.

3. What does Lily compare herself and Snow Flower with in "The Fan"?
(a) Swans.
(b) Robins.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Mandarin ducks.

4. Who is Madame Gao?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Local matchmaker.
(c) Cook.
(d) Seamstress.

5. Who is so unsteady on her feet that she has to use a cane?
(a) Lily's brother.
(b) Elder Sister.
(c) Lily's mother.
(d) Lily's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lily spend her childhood?

2. What does Snow Flower ask Madame Wang to give Lily?

3. What was the ideal length of a bound foot for a girl?

4. Who are "little daughters-in-law"?

5. Who teaches Lily nu shu?

(see the answer key)

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