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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lily recommend Snow Flower should see to help her conceive a son?
(a) Herbalist.
(b) Mid-wife.
(c) Diviner.
(d) Doctor.

2. What do Lily and Snow Flower agree on about the binding of their daughters' feet?
(a) To wait until they are seven.
(b) To give up the custom.
(c) To let the girls decide for themselves.
(d) To do it immediately.

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

4. Why doesn't Lily invite Snow Flower to her son's one-month celebration?
(a) Lily no longer cares for her.
(b) She lives too far away.
(c) Her mother-in-law does not allow it.
(d) Snow Flower said she would not come even if invited.

5. What do Snow Flower and Lily have to do for Snow Flower's children when they take a rest from walking up the mountain?
(a) Gather berries for them to eat.
(b) Fan them to cool them off.
(c) Read a book to them.
(d) Rub their hands.

6. What kind of animal personality does Lily say Snow Flower's mother-in-law has?
(a) Horse.
(b) Goat.
(c) Rat.
(d) Rabbit.

7. Who do Lily and Snow Flower find sitting around a fire up in the mountain?
(a) Friends from Jintian.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Elder brother and his family.
(d) Madame Wang.

8. How does Lily react when Snow Flower is despondent because her husband beats her?
(a) With impatience.
(b) By praying for her.
(c) By listening and not giving advice.
(d) With compassion.

9. What does Lily's mother accuse Lily of being responsible for when they have a fight after Lily returns to her natal home in "The Temple of Gupo"?
(a) Cooking horrible food.
(b) Not working hard enough.
(c) Her parents' low status.
(d) Beautiful Moon's death.

10. Who will become Madame Lu after Lily dies?
(a) Peony.
(b) Lily's daughter.
(c) Lily's niece.
(d) Lily's daughter-in-law.

11. What did Lily's mother-in-law teach her about a wife's duty to obey?
(a) Follow your husband's example.
(b) Speak quietly and serve well.
(c) Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.
(d) Obey at all costs.

12. What does Lily do to Snow Flower when she loses control of her emotions at the Sitting and Singing ceremony of her neighbor?
(a) Kneels before her in appreciation.
(b) Pushes her out of her chair.
(c) Hugs her.
(d) She humiliates Snow Flower.

13. What does Lily see outside the palanquin window as she travels between her natal and husband's home in "Temple of Gupo"?
(a) A lake.
(b) Fields of sunflowers.
(c) Rice fields and taro crop.
(d) The ocean.

14. How old is Lily when she has her first child?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty-two.

15. What taboo do Lily and Snow Flower break?
(a) Creating a laotong match between their unmatching daughters.
(b) Washing in the river water.
(c) Staying outside all day.
(d) Eating spicy food when they are pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lily describe Snow Flower's eldest child while they are on the mountain?

2. What happens when Snow Flower asks her husband where he has buried their second son?

3. What does Snow Flower's husband say when his mother suggests they should not give food to Lily?

4. When Lily returns to her family after Snow Flower is married, how does she feel about seeing them?

5. What did Snow Flower's parents do after she was married?

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