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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. Why does Lily want to fetch tea for the upstairs chamber in "Joy and Sorrow"?
(a) To listen to her son's lessons with Uncle Lu.
(b) Talk with the servants.
(c) To spy on her in-laws.
(d) To gain approval from the concubines.

2. Where do Lily and Snow Flower stay as they travel home after praying for the birth of healthy sons at the Temple of Gupo?
(a) Madame Wang's home.
(b) Snow Flower's home.
(c) Lily's home.
(d) Inn.

3. What does Lily teach Snow Flower's eldest son in the mountains?
(a) The lessons she overheard her own son learn from the tutor.
(b) How to cook.
(c) Geography.
(d) How to write characters.

4. What does Snow Flower sing at her cousin's Sitting and Singing phase that Lily attends and hears?
(a) Song of Sadness.
(b) Letter of Vituperation.
(c) Chant of Wedding Sorrows.
(d) Letter of Apology.

5. What does Lily accuse Snow Flower of breaking in their contract agreement?
(a) Disrepecting her family.
(b) Smoking bans.
(c) Their agreement not to take concubines.
(d) Forgetting to write to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snow Flower's first born son look like?

2. Who does Lily say is the most important person she must build a relationship with in her married life?

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

4. How long does Lily walk with Snow Flower and her family when battles erupt between the government and rebel forces?

5. What did Snow Flower's parents do after she was married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Is Lily supportive of her husband's plan to travel to Guilin and buy salt to sell back in Tongkou?

4. What does Lily do for Snow Flower's granddaughter, Peony?

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

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

7. What did Lily's husband do when the battles came to Tongkou?

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

9. What is Snow Flower's message on the fan that Lotus delivers to Lily during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

10. Describe Snow Flower's second son.

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