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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Snow Flower's husband do if Snow Flower went to live with Lily?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Ask her to come home.
(c) Feel sad, but then get over it.
(d) Wish her well.

2. What does Snow Flower's husband leave the fire to go and find?
(a) Firewood.
(b) An cave for sleeping in.
(c) Berries to eat.
(d) Rocks to use as weapons.

3. Who is Peony?
(a) A farmer's daughter.
(b) A servant.
(c) Lily's cousin.
(d) Snow Flower's granddaughter.

4. What does Lily's husband plan to buy in Guilin and bring back to sell in their village?
(a) Tea.
(b) Gun powder.
(c) Salt.
(d) Spices.

5. What does Snow Flower pull out from under her tunic while she and Lily stand at the cliff's edge after her son has died?
(a) A hat and gloves.
(b) An extra blanket.
(c) A piece of meat.
(d) The secret fan.

6. What do Snow Flower and her family serve Lily for dinner when she visits in the beginning of "Into the Mountains"?
(a) Duck.
(b) Fish.
(c) Pig.
(d) Pigeon.

7. What does Snow Flower's first born son look like?
(a) Sturdy.
(b) Fat.
(c) Thin.
(d) Athletic.

8. 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 do it immediately.
(d) To let the girls decide for themselves.

9. 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.

10. What does Lily say about Snow Flower's voice when she chants the Yao story?
(a) Clear and beatiful.
(b) Just a whispher.
(c) Scratchy.
(d) Too loud.

11. Who watches Lily's children while she takes care of her sick mother- in-law?
(a) Second Sister-in-law.
(b) Uncle Lu.
(c) Yonggang.
(d) Lady Wu.

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

13. What does Lily teach Peony?
(a) Nu shu.
(b) How to make congee.
(c) Embroidery.
(d) How to haul water.

14. What does Lily call her mother when she returns home after Snow Flower's marriage?
(a) Liar.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Kind.
(d) Brave.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lily burn from the flame of an oil lamp?

3. How does Snow Flower's husband help the refugees in the mountains?

4. Why doesn't Lily invite Snow Flower to her son's one-month celebration?

5. What is Lily's eldest son studying to be in "Into the Clouds"?

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