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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. How does Lily learn that her husband has been searching for her?
(a) From Snow Flower's husband.
(b) From a young girl.
(c) From a strange boy.
(d) From her sister's neighbors.

2. How old is Snow Flower's first born son when they are in the mountains?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eleven.

3. Who watches Lily's children while she takes care of her sick mother- in-law?
(a) Second Sister-in-law.
(b) Lady Wu.
(c) Uncle Lu.
(d) Yonggang.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily agonize over as her husband travels to Guilin?

2. Why does Lily sweep three times a day in her sleeping chamber?

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

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

5. Who are Taipings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lily's feet feel as she climbs the steep mountain path?

2. What does Lily do to shield her children from the typhoid epidemic?

3. What do Lily and her mother fight about when Lily returns home after Snow Flower's marriage?

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

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

6. How does Lily try to help Snow Flower on her deathbed?

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

8. What helped give the fleeing villagers courage as they sat in the bowl of the mountain?

9. What food restrictions did Lily have when she was pregnant?

10. Why does Lily want to wait for her husband when the Taipings arrive in Snow Flower's village?

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