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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily make on the morning of her second day at her in-laws' house?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Breakfast cakes.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) Tea.

2. What clothing does Snow Flower change into when she visits Lily in "Learning"?
(a) Pants and a shirt.
(b) Her own clothes that she brought.
(c) Clothes from Madame Wang.
(d) An outfit Lily's mother made for her.

3. Who is so unsteady on her feet that she has to use a cane?
(a) Lily's mother.
(b) Elder Sister.
(c) Lily's brother.
(d) Lily's aunt.

4. What does Madame Wang tell Snow Flower to do for Beautiful Moon after she has died?
(a) Leave for her own home.
(b) Wrap her in muslin.
(c) Retrieve her future husband.
(d) Recite poems.

5. What are third-day wedding books?
(a) Books for the bride made by family and friends.
(b) Guide that is given to the bridal couple.
(c) Photograph book of the wedding celebration.
(d) Recycled bridal magazines.

6. What does Lily teach Snow Flower when she is visiting Lily's home in "Love"?
(a) How to embroider.
(b) How to do household chores.
(c) How to behave politely.
(d) How to read.

7. What do the eggs and rice represent that Lily's family sends to the grooms' families?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Success.
(d) Royalty.

8. What was the ideal length of a bound foot for a girl?
(a) Fifteen centimeters.
(b) Twenty-five centimeters.
(c) Seven centimeters.
(d) Twenty centimeters.

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

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

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

12. What does Snow Flower's father sell to pay his debts?
(a) Land.
(b) Oldest son.
(c) Boat.
(d) Summer house.

13. How is Snow Flower dressed when Lily visits her home for the first time?
(a) A dress worthy of a rich woman.
(b) In a beautiful robe.
(c) Gray, padded, ill-fitting clothes.
(d) Wearing red silk pants.

14. How does Snow Flower get through the footbinding process?
(a) Listening to music.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Looking out the window and daydreaming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation did Snow Flower's great-grandfather have?

2. What household task was Beautiful Moon good at?

3. What does Beautiful Moon have an allergic reaction to?

4. What does laotong mean?

5. How long does Lily fast before her wedding?

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