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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. Who are "little daughters-in-law"?
(a) Emperor's daughters by marriage.
(b) Poor girls whose feet are not bound.
(c) Baby girls.
(d) Girls who marry well.

2. What book does Snow Flower use to teach Lily?
(a) Nu Shu for Beginners.
(b) Literary Symbols and Their Meaning.
(c) The Domestic Arts.
(d) The Women's Classic.

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

4. What did Yuxiu invent?
(a) A special recipe for chicken.
(b) Nu shu.
(c) Silk embroidery.
(d) Women's shoes.

5. What animal spirit do Lily and Snow Flower share?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Pig.
(c) Horse.
(d) Cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the eggs and rice represent that Lily's family sends to the grooms' families?

2. Whose father takes the pipe too often?

3. What is Lily's title at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Lily say was out of balance and needed to be put right when Beautiful Moon died?

5. Why does Lily think she and Snow Flower are in danger after Beautiful Moon dies?

(see the answer key)

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