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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Snow Flower tell Lily in a letter after they have prayed for sons at the Temple of Gupo?
(a) She is moving.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is leaving her husband.

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

3. Who are Taipings?
(a) Rebels.
(b) Special dog.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Emperor's assistants.

4. What happens when Snow Flower asks her husband where he has buried their second son?
(a) He leads her to the grave.
(b) He bursts into tears.
(c) He beats her and she miscarries.
(d) He goes to her and holds her gently.

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

6. What do Lily and Snow Flower take from the altar of the Temple of Gupo when they are pregnant the first time?
(a) Ribbons.
(b) Baby shoes.
(c) Prayer cards.
(d) Coins.

7. Why does Lily's aunt avoid her during her pregnancy?
(a) She is too sad after the loss of her children.
(b) She has a cold and does not want Lily to get it.
(c) So she will not bring her bad luck.
(d) She does not like pregnancy and childbirth.

8. How does Lily learn that her husband has been searching for her?
(a) From a strange boy.
(b) From Snow Flower's husband.
(c) From a young girl.
(d) From her sister's neighbors.

9. How does Spring Moon kill herself on her wedding night?
(a) Throws herself down a well.
(b) Drowns.
(c) Drinks poison.
(d) Allergic reaction to seafood.

10. Why does Lily sweep three times a day in her sleeping chamber?
(a) She is worried about dirt.
(b) She has nothing else to do.
(c) To frighten away ghosts hunting for prey.
(d) There are too many bugs.

11. What does Lily accuse Snow Flower of breaking in their contract agreement?
(a) Forgetting to write to her.
(b) Disrepecting her family.
(c) Their agreement not to take concubines.
(d) Smoking bans.

12. How long does Lily walk with Snow Flower and her family when battles erupt between the government and rebel forces?
(a) Thirty-six hours.
(b) Twenty-four hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Ten hours.

13. What did Snow Flower teach her sworn sisters?
(a) How to recut a dowry.
(b) Household chores.
(c) Embroidery.
(d) Nu shu.

14. How does Lily describe her in-laws' home?
(a) Small.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Rusty.
(d) Made of wood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. What does Lily call her mother when she returns home after Snow Flower's marriage?

4. What does Lily do to Snow Flower when she loses control of her emotions at the Sitting and Singing ceremony of her neighbor?

5. How did Snow Flower's father-in-law die?

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