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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lily approve her husband's decision to hire a tutor for their son?
(a) He is not her favorite child.
(b) She has too much to do to take care of him.
(c) She is glad to have him out of the women's chamber.
(d) She would like him to take the imperial exams.

2. What does Lily add to her fan after she and Snow Flower visit Beautiful Moon's grave site?
(a) Crescent-shaped moon.
(b) Bird.
(c) Flower.
(d) Sun.

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

4. What does Lily see outside the palanquin window as she travels between her natal and husband's home in "Temple of Gupo"?
(a) Rice fields and taro crop.
(b) A lake.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Fields of sunflowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrives in Tongkou in the hot summer months after the Emperor dies?

2. What does Lily realize the purpose of nu shu is in "Sons"?

3. How long must Lily wait to walk down the stairs after her feet are bound?

4. Whose father takes the pipe too often?

5. How is Snow Flower dressed when Lily visits her home for the first time?

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