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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Lily call her mother?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Duck.
(d) Horse.

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

3. How will Lily's family change from a laotong relationship?
(a) Less status and money.
(b) No more difficult work.
(c) Better status and more money.
(d) Less respect.

4. What does Snow Flower ask Madame Wang to give Lily?
(a) Map.
(b) Book.
(c) Silk fan.
(d) Journal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What animal spirit do Lily and Snow Flower share?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Horse.
(c) Cow.
(d) Pig.

14. What occupation did Snow Flower's great-grandfather have?
(a) Scholar.
(b) Musician.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Landowner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snow Flower call Madame Wang?

2. Who is Madame Gao?

3. What is Lily's title at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Lily's aunt want the girls to know about in the outside world?

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

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