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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Joy and Sorrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Snow Flower and Lily create to appease Beautiful Moon's spirit?
(a) New breakfast recipe.
(b) Bedding for her bed.
(c) Silk cloth.
(d) Flower tower.

2. What does Lily think will make her more marriageable?
(a) Her father's rich status.
(b) Her mother's character.
(c) Successful footbinding.
(d) Her ability to sing.

3. What does Snow Flower give Lily when she leaves for her betrothed's house?
(a) Expensive jewelry.
(b) New diary.
(c) Flowers and a card.
(d) Special message embroidered on a handkerchief.

4. 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.

5. What are the girls fed to soften their bones?
(a) Red-bean dumplings.
(b) Rice.
(c) Cookie.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The phoenix mates the golden hen, a match made in heaven"?

2. What are "golden lilies"?

3. What does Lily teach Snow Flower when she is visiting Lily's home in "Love"?

4. What gifts do Lily and Beautiful Moon receive from their groom's families after their marriage arrangements?

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

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