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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ten hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Twenty-four hours.

2. What does the doctor that Lily summoned say about Snow Flower's prognosis?
(a) Fasting will help.
(b) He can't be sure.
(c) Some hope if she takes care of herself.
(d) No hope.

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

4. Why does Lily approve her husband's decision to hire a tutor for their son?
(a) He is not her favorite child.
(b) She is glad to have him out of the women's chamber.
(c) She has too much to do to take care of him.
(d) She would like him to take the imperial exams.

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

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

7. How did Snow Flower's father-in-law die?
(a) Fell down a well.
(b) Flu.
(c) From the knife he was using to kill a pig.
(d) Heart attack.

8. How much longer does Snow Flower have before she dies after Lily comes to stay with her?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Twenty-two days.

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

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

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

12. What arrives in Tongkou in the hot summer months after the Emperor dies?
(a) Measles.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Flu.
(d) Typhoid.

13. What does Snow Flower's husband say when his mother suggests they should not give food to Lily?
(a) To stop being selfish.
(b) If he brings her back alive, there may be a reward.
(c) He says he will feed Lily less than the others.
(d) He agrees with her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Peony?

2. What does Lily say about Snow Flower's voice when she chants the Yao story?

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

4. Who do Snow Flower and Lily help up the steep mountain when they have to flee the town?

5. What are days of mothering referred to?

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