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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Lily call her mother?
(a) Horse.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Duck.
(d) Monkey.

2. What does Snow Flower's father sell to pay his debts?
(a) Summer house.
(b) Boat.
(c) Land.
(d) Oldest son.

3. What qualities do Lily and Snow Flower share?
(a) Same last name.
(b) Same nose.
(c) Same laugh.
(d) Same height, beauty, and footbinding date.

4. What do the Lus send to Lily's family on the second day of her marriage?
(a) Card.
(b) Pork and sweet cakes.
(c) Tea.
(d) Goat.

5. Whose father takes the pipe too often?
(a) Snow Flower's.
(b) Elder Sister's.
(c) Beautiful Moon's.
(d) Lily's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does laotong mean?

2. Who is Madame Gao?

3. Why does Madame Wang take Lily and Snow Flower to the fair at the Temple of Gupo?

4. What does Lily's sitting chair look like?

5. What does Lily teach Snow Flower when she is visiting Lily's home in "Love"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily learn when her lessons begin in the women's chambers?

2. What does Lily learn about when she goes with Snow Flower and Madame Wang to the fair at the Temple of Gupo?

3. What does Snow Flower learn from Lily when she stays at Lily's home?

4. How does Snow Flower describe Lily's in-laws?

5. Does Lily accept Snow Flower's invitation to be her laotong?

6. Why are Lily, Beautiful Moon, and Snow Flower allowed outside during the hot month of the Catching Cool Breezes Festival?

7. At the beginning of the novel, what does Lily say interests her now?

8. Is Elder Sister happy after she is married?

9. What does Lily remember about being five and wading in the river?

10. What does Madame Wang suggest about Lily having a laotong?

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