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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Catching Cool Breezes and Beautiful Moon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is sold at the fair booth that Snow Flower tells Lily about when they go to the Temple of Gupo?
(a) Radish.
(b) Chili pepper.
(c) Turnip.
(d) Taro.

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

3. What is Snow Flower wearing each time she visits Lily during their "daughter days"?
(a) Green tunic.
(b) Sky-blue jacket with cloud patterns.
(c) Black shawl.
(d) White dress.

4. What does Madame Wang tell Snow Flower to do for Beautiful Moon after she has died?
(a) Leave for her own home.
(b) Wrap her in muslin.
(c) Recite poems.
(d) Retrieve her future husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lily spend her childhood?

2. Who teaches Lily nu shu?

3. Why do Lily's father and uncle make for her, Beautiful Moon, and Snow Flower during the hot month?

4. Who acted cheerfully in Lily's childhood home?

5. What are the girls fed to soften their bones?

(see the answer key)

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