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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) No more difficult work.
(b) Less respect.
(c) Better status and more money.
(d) Less status and money.

2. What does Snow Flower do when Beautiful Moon has an allergic reaction?
(a) Goes to get Uncle and Baba.
(b) Screams.
(c) Faints.
(d) Tries to give her CPR.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is so unsteady on her feet that she has to use a cane?

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

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

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

5. What does having their hair pinned up mean for Lily and Snow Flower?

(see the answer key)

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