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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Snow Flower concerned about when Lily meets her family?
(a) That her parents will not like Lily.
(b) That Lily will not like her father.
(c) They might not understand the different dialects.
(d) That she will be disappointed.

2. What do Lily and Snow Flower share when they are young that convinces Lily that Snow Flower loves her?
(a) Stories.
(b) Face washing water.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Food.

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

4. Why does Lily think she and Snow Flower are in danger after Beautiful Moon dies?
(a) Aunt threatens them with a knife.
(b) Uncle throws heavy objects at them.
(c) Because Aunt moans at night.
(d) Mother chases them.

5. What are "golden lilies"?
(a) Small, perfectly bound feet.
(b) Tea cakes.
(c) Special flower.
(d) Color of embroidery thread.

6. What family does Madame Wang arrange for Lily to be married into?
(a) Lu family.
(b) Wang family.
(c) Gao family.
(d) Hun family.

7. Who does Lily help with the outdoor chores when she is five?
(a) Elder Sister.
(b) Elder Brother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Cousin.

8. What does Snow Flower write to Lily about before they meet?
(a) Picture of birds.
(b) Song lyrics.
(c) Invitation to be her "old same."
(d) Message about their birth dates.

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

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

11. Who are "little daughters-in-law"?
(a) Emperor's daughters by marriage.
(b) Girls who marry well.
(c) Poor girls whose feet are not bound.
(d) Baby girls.

12. Who does Snow Flower say saved her family?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Madame Wang.
(c) Lily's mother.
(d) Sun Flower's Elder Sister.

13. What does Lily compare herself and Snow Flower with in "The Fan"?
(a) Robins.
(b) Mandarin ducks.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Swans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily think will make her more marriageable?

2. What is a palanquin?

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

4. What does Lily make on the morning of her second day at her in-laws' house?

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

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