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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are Lily and Snow Flower when they have their hair pinned up for the first time?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twelve.

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

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

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

5. Who wrote "Two nightingales sing in the darkness" in a nu shu letter in "Love"?
(a) Elder Sister.
(b) Madame Wang.
(c) Snow Flower.
(d) Beautiful Moon.

6. What is a palanquin?
(a) Robe.
(b) Horse.
(c) Clown.
(d) Conveyance.

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. What is Snow Flower's father addicted to?
(a) Opium.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Alcohol.

12. What do women do during Catching Cool Breezes festival?
(a) Have a party.
(b) Return to their natal home.
(c) Cook and clean.
(d) Sing songs about the weather.

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

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

15. Who wrote "The phoenix mates the golden hen, a match made in heaven"?
(a) Snow Flower.
(b) Elder Sister.
(c) Lily.
(d) Madame Wang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Snow Flower use to teach Lily?

2. What is the upstairs room in Lily's childhood home used for?

3. Who is Snow Flower marrying?

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

5. How is Snow Flower dressed when Lily visits her home for the first time?

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