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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 does Lily say was out of balance and needed to be put right when Beautiful Moon died?
(a) Yin and yang.
(b) The steps to the garden.
(c) The level of her bed.
(d) Aunt's old rocking chair.

2. What qualities do Lily and Snow Flower share?
(a) Same nose.
(b) Same height, beauty, and footbinding date.
(c) Same last name.
(d) Same laugh.

3. What does Lily say her grandmother looked like to her when she was five?
(a) Rose.
(b) Dried plum.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Swan.

4. Whose father takes the pipe too often?
(a) Lily's.
(b) Elder Sister's.
(c) Beautiful Moon's.
(d) Snow Flower's.

5. What does Lily's aunt want the girls to know about in the outside world?
(a) How to swim.
(b) Birds of prey.
(c) Climbing trees.
(d) The alleys of the village.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Lily's mother treat her?

4. Who is Lily?

5. What is Lily's reaction when her mother slaps her face after the matchmaker's visit?

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