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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 is Snow Flower's dowry made from?
(a) Fine cotton from her new family.
(b) New silk cloth.
(c) Her mother's dowry.
(d) Lily's old clothes.

2. What do women do during Catching Cool Breezes festival?
(a) Return to their natal home.
(b) Cook and clean.
(c) Have a party.
(d) Sing songs about the weather.

3. What is Lily's title at the beginning of the novel?
(a) One Who Has Not Yet Died.
(b) Elder Stateswoman.
(c) Wise Woman.
(d) Widow Lily.

4. What does Lily's sitting chair look like?
(a) White silk with banners.
(b) Unadorned.
(c) Green silk with pictures of ducks.
(d) Covered in flowers and red silk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How will Lily's family change from a laotong relationship?

2. Who does Lily help with the outdoor chores when she is five?

3. How old is Elder Sister when Madame Gao comes to visit for the first time?

4. Who is Lily?

5. What does Lily find when she enters Snow Flower's house for the first time?

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