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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Snow Flower's parents do after she was married?
(a) Restored their house.
(b) Went to live with Elder brother.
(c) Earned money.
(d) Sold the last of their belongings and became beggars.

2. Who do Snow Flower and Lily help up the steep mountain when they have to flee the town?
(a) A pregnant woman.
(b) Snow Flower's baby.
(c) Snow Flower's mother-in-law.
(d) A elderly neighbor.

3. Who does Lily say is the most important person she must build a relationship with in her married life?
(a) Father-in-law.
(b) Mother-in-law.
(c) Husband.
(d) Husband's sister.

4. What does Lily say she is too old for in "Regret"?
(a) Playing with children.
(b) Traveling to the Temple of Gupo.
(c) Domestic chores.
(d) Embroidering.

5. What does Lily say sons are to women?
(a) Worthless.
(b) Their crowning glory.
(c) The reason marriages must end.
(d) A burden.

6. What is the cobblestone pattern outside Tongkou's main gate?
(a) Cloud pattern.
(b) Fish-scale pattern.
(c) Star pattern.
(d) Donkey pattern.

7. What does Lotus deliver to Lily from Snow Flower during the Midi-Autumn Festival?
(a) Cloth.
(b) Book.
(c) Tea cakes.
(d) Fan.

8. What does Lily realize the purpose of nu shu is in "Sons"?
(a) To give women a voice.
(b) To cover up their laziness.
(c) To give women something to do.
(d) To please mothers-in-law.

9. What is Lily's eldest son studying to be in "Into the Clouds"?
(a) Businessman.
(b) Banker.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Scholar.

10. Why does Lily want to fetch tea for the upstairs chamber in "Joy and Sorrow"?
(a) Talk with the servants.
(b) To listen to her son's lessons with Uncle Lu.
(c) To spy on her in-laws.
(d) To gain approval from the concubines.

11. What does Uncle Lu have on his face that he likes to play with?
(a) Mustache.
(b) Long eyebrow hair.
(c) Mole hairs.
(d) Beard.

12. What do Lily and Snow Flower discuss when they visit the Temple of Gupo after the rebellion ends?
(a) Prices of corn.
(b) The best way to embroider a handkerchief.
(c) Their husband's friends.
(d) Their daughters' footbinding methods.

13. What does Lily burn from the flame of an oil lamp?
(a) Her own letter.
(b) Nu shu writing from her mother-in-law.
(c) Snow Flower's letter.
(d) Her collection of poetry.

14. Why do the men on the mountain ask their wives to go back down the mountain for supplies?
(a) Women are not to be hurt during wartime, so they will be safe.
(b) Their wives will be quicker.
(c) They don't want to go themselves.
(d) Because they are busy with other things.

15. How long does it take Lily's feet to heal in the mountains?
(a) Almost a month.
(b) One year.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lily sweep three times a day in her sleeping chamber?

2. Where do Lily and Snow Flower continue to meet after the rebellion?

3. How does Lily describe her in-laws' home?

4. How old is Lily when she has her first child?

5. Who are Taipings?

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