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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Flower-Sitting Chair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a palanquin?
(a) Horse.
(b) Robe.
(c) Conveyance.
(d) Clown.

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

3. What are "golden lilies"?
(a) Tea cakes.
(b) Special flower.
(c) Color of embroidery thread.
(d) Small, perfectly bound feet.

4. Who is Lily?
(a) Matchmaker.
(b) Servant.
(c) Mother to Snow Flower.
(d) Narrator.

5. What does Third Sister die from?
(a) Blood poisoning.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diviner Hu announce to the family about Lily?

2. What does Lily's sitting chair look like?

3. What do the Lus send to Lily's family on the second day of her marriage?

4. What clothing does Snow Flower change into when she visits Lily in "Learning"?

5. What is the upstairs room in Lily's childhood home used for?

(see the answer key)

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