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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do women in pairs look for in the woods to make soup for Snow Flower?
(a) Truffles.
(b) Bark, weeds, and roots.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Berries.

2. 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) Read a book to them.
(b) Fan them to cool them off.
(c) Gather berries for them to eat.
(d) Rub their hands.

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

4. 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 gain approval from the concubines.
(d) To spy on her in-laws.

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

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

7. What other ceremonies is Lily's song about Snow Flower used in?
(a) Graduations.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Religious Ceremonies.
(d) Sung during wedding festivities.

8. When Lily returns to her family after Snow Flower is married, how does she feel about seeing them?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Happy.

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

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

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

12. 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 piece of meat.
(b) The secret fan.
(c) An extra blanket.
(d) A hat and gloves.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily accuse Snow Flower of breaking in their contract agreement?

2. What arrives in Tongkou in the hot summer months after the Emperor dies?

3. Who transports notes between Lily and Snow Flower after their sons are born?

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

5. What happens to the women whose bound feet break as they walk up the mountain?

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