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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Third Sister die from?
(a) Blood poisoning.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Flu.
(d) Drowning.

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

4. What does Elder Sister say about her mother-in-law?
(a) She is abusive.
(b) She sings to her.
(c) She is loving.
(d) She is generous.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. What does Snow Flower call Madame Wang?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Kind One.

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

12. What does Snow Flower make for breakfast when she is visiting Lily's family?
(a) Cakes and tea.
(b) Eggs and bacon.
(c) Pork and pumpkin seeds.
(d) Rice.

13. What does Snow Flower teach Lily through her example when they are at the Temple of Gupo?
(a) How to tell a joke.
(b) How to chew gum and blow bubbles.
(c) Rules of etiquette.
(d) How to run fast.

14. What is Lily's reaction when her mother slaps her face after the matchmaker's visit?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Bitterness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pattern is embroidered on Lily's green silk jacket that she wears to visit Snow Flower in "Truth"?

2. What does Snow Flower write to Lily about before they meet?

3. How does Snow Flower get through the footbinding process?

4. Who is Yonggang?

5. What does Lily paint on the fan after she has read third-day books for Snow Flower?

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