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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pattern is embroidered on Lily's green silk jacket that she wears to visit Snow Flower in "Truth"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Vines.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Leaves.

2. What color veil does Lily wear for her wedding?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

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

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

5. Why does Madame Wang take Lily and Snow Flower to the fair at the Temple of Gupo?
(a) To write their contracts.
(b) To go to a river for a picnic.
(c) To get some outdoor exercise.
(d) To play with other girls their age.

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

7. How long must Lily wait to walk down the stairs after her feet are bound?
(a) Six years.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two years.

8. Who teaches Lily nu shu?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Elder Sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Madame Wang.

9. Who is Snow Flower?
(a) Lily's laotong.
(b) Baba's niece.
(c) Lily's cousin.
(d) Lily's mother's cousin.

10. What age is Lily when she begins practicing household chores?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

11. What does Diviner Hu announce to the family about Lily?
(a) She is not an ordinary child.
(b) She is too happy.
(c) She will make nice quilts.
(d) She should learn to write French poems.

12. What do the Lus send to Lily's family on the second day of her marriage?
(a) Tea.
(b) Card.
(c) Goat.
(d) Pork and sweet cakes.

13. Who is never allowed inside Lily's family home again after talking negatively about Snow Flower's family?
(a) Mr. Lu.
(b) Madame Gao.
(c) Madame Wang.
(d) Mr. Wang.

14. How old is Lily when she has her feet bound?
(a) Seven.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lily think she and Snow Flower are in danger after Beautiful Moon dies?

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

3. What does laotong mean?

4. What did Third Sister do when her mother wanted to bind her feet?

5. What do Lily and Snow Flower share when they are young that convinces Lily that Snow Flower loves her?

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