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

2. What do Lily and Snow Flower take from the altar of the Temple of Gupo when they are pregnant the first time?
(a) Baby shoes.
(b) Prayer cards.
(c) Coins.
(d) Ribbons.

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

4. What happens to the women whose bound feet break as they walk up the mountain?
(a) They get a ride in a cart.
(b) They must be brought back down the mountain.
(c) They are left to die.
(d) They are carried up the mountain in a stretcher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Lily's husband give to Snow Flower's son?

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

3. What would Snow Flower's husband do if Snow Flower went to live with Lily?

4. Why does Lily approve her husband's decision to hire a tutor for their son?

5. Who is Peony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lily's reunion with her husband after she comes down from the mountain.

2. Describe Lily's son.

3. Describe the Letter of Vituperation.

4. In what way does Snow Flower's nu shu letter express her true thoughts to Lily after the birth of her son?

5. What do Lily and Snow Flower do while at the Temple of Gupo when they become pregnant?

6. How does Lily care for her mother-in-law when she becomes sick with typhoid?

7. Describe Snow Flower and Lily's complaints about their mothers-in-law.

8. Describe Snow Flower's second son.

9. What do the sworn sisters tell Lily about Snow Flower?

10. How does Snow Flower's husband react when their second son dies from the cold?

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