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

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

3. What clothing does Snow Flower change into when she visits Lily in "Learning"?
(a) Clothes from Madame Wang.
(b) An outfit Lily's mother made for her.
(c) Her own clothes that she brought.
(d) Pants and a shirt.

4. Where did Lily spend her childhood?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Puwei.
(d) Beijing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Lily call her mother?

2. Who wrote "Two nightingales sing in the darkness" in a nu shu letter in "Love"?

3. How old is Lily when she hears her mother ask Madame Wang why Lily is never invited to Snow Flower's home?

4. What age is Lily when she begins practicing household chores?

5. What does Elder Sister say about her mother-in-law?

(see the answer key)

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