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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Lily find when she enters Snow Flower's house for the first time?
(a) A bad smell.
(b) Beautiful furniture.
(c) It is too warm.
(d) A happy home.

4. What is the upstairs room in Lily's childhood home used for?
(a) Her grandparents.
(b) Women and children.
(c) Carpentry room.
(d) Storage.

5. Who is Madame Wang related to by birth?
(a) Snow Flower's father.
(b) Snow Flower's mother.
(c) Lily's mother-in-law.
(d) Lily's husband.

6. What did Third Sister do when her mother wanted to bind her feet?
(a) Committed suicide.
(b) Remained stoically silent.
(c) Ran away to another town.
(d) Screamed and struggled in protest.

7. What does Snow Flower do when Beautiful Moon has an allergic reaction?
(a) Tries to give her CPR.
(b) Faints.
(c) Screams.
(d) Goes to get Uncle and Baba.

8. Who is Madame Gao?
(a) Cook.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Local matchmaker.
(d) Neighbor.

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

10. What does Lily confuse Snow Flower's mother with when she first meets her?
(a) Snow Flower's twin.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Elder sister.
(d) A servant.

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

12. What does Beautiful Moon have an allergic reaction to?
(a) Bee sting.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Milk.

13. What book does Snow Flower use to teach Lily?
(a) The Women's Classic.
(b) Literary Symbols and Their Meaning.
(c) The Domestic Arts.
(d) Nu Shu for Beginners.

14. 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.

15. 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) Wearing red silk pants.
(d) Gray, padded, ill-fitting clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Madame Gao deliver to the family during the hot month?

3. What are "golden lilies"?

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

5. What does Lily compare Snow Flower to when she stays with her family and amuses them in "Love"?

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