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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Snow Flower's husband help the refugees in the mountains?
(a) He teaches them to sing.
(b) He cooks them food.
(c) He was their guardian and champion.
(d) He gives them clothing.

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. 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 would like him to take the imperial exams.
(c) She is glad to have him out of the women's chamber.
(d) He is not her favorite child.

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

5. Who do Snow Flower and Lily help up the steep mountain when they have to flee the town?
(a) A elderly neighbor.
(b) Snow Flower's mother-in-law.
(c) Snow Flower's baby.
(d) A pregnant woman.

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

7. Why do the men on the mountain ask their wives to go back down the mountain for supplies?
(a) Because they are busy with other things.
(b) Women are not to be hurt during wartime, so they will be safe.
(c) They don't want to go themselves.
(d) Their wives will be quicker.

8. What is Snow Flower's appearance when Lily visits her in "Into the Clouds"?
(a) Older and dressed in her favorite blue silk.
(b) Wearing a nice blue jacket.
(c) Dressed in fine silk.
(d) Aged and dressed in rags.

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

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

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

12. Why doesn't Lily invite Snow Flower to her son's one-month celebration?
(a) Snow Flower said she would not come even if invited.
(b) She lives too far away.
(c) Lily no longer cares for her.
(d) Her mother-in-law does not allow it.

13. Where does Lily take her children after the servants flee her in-laws' house?
(a) To her natal house.
(b) To see Snow Flower.
(c) Sleeping chamber.
(d) Temple of Gupo.

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

15. What does Snow Flower say about her husband's family in "Sons"?
(a) They do not make her work.
(b) They do not like fun.
(c) They love to tell stories.
(d) They are kind toward her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lily and Snow Flower take from the altar of the Temple of Gupo when they are pregnant the first time?

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

3. How much longer does Snow Flower have before she dies after Lily comes to stay with her?

4. Why are eggs served to guests at the one-month party for Lily's son?

5. How long does it take Lily's feet to heal in the mountains?

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