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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Lily describe Snow Flower's eldest child while they are on the mountain?
(a) Sturdy.
(b) Rough.
(c) Gentle and delicate.
(d) Healthy.

3. 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) Her parents' low status.
(b) Cooking horrible food.
(c) Beautiful Moon's death.
(d) Not working hard enough.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. What is one of the things that Lily's mother tells her not to do while she is pregnant with her first child?
(a) Don't climb hills.
(b) Don't sit for too long.
(c) Don't eat rice.
(d) Don't drink tea.

10. 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 ill.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is leaving her husband.

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

12. How long does it take Lily's feet to heal in the mountains?
(a) Almost a month.
(b) Six days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One year.

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

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

15. What is the cobblestone pattern outside Tongkou's main gate?
(a) Fish-scale pattern.
(b) Cloud pattern.
(c) Donkey pattern.
(d) Star pattern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lotus deliver to Lily from Snow Flower during the Midi-Autumn Festival?

2. Why do the men on the mountain ask their wives to go back down the mountain for supplies?

3. What do Lily and Snow Flower agree on about the binding of their daughters' feet?

4. What does Lily see outside the palanquin window as she travels between her natal and husband's home in "Temple of Gupo"?

5. What does Snow Flower sing at her cousin's Sitting and Singing phase that Lily attends and hears?

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