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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 do Snow Flower and Lily have to do for Snow Flower's children when they take a rest from walking up the mountain?
(a) Rub their hands.
(b) Fan them to cool them off.
(c) Gather berries for them to eat.
(d) Read a book to them.

2. Why does Snow Flower become a vegetarian?
(a) Vegtables are what they have to eat.
(b) Meat is kept for the men in the family.
(c) Meat makes her feel too heavy.
(d) Because she had to help with pig slaughtering.

3. What is Lily's eldest son studying to be in "Into the Clouds"?
(a) Banker.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Businessman.

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

5. Why does Lily sweep three times a day in her sleeping chamber?
(a) To frighten away ghosts hunting for prey.
(b) She has nothing else to do.
(c) She is worried about dirt.
(d) There are too many bugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily accuse Snow Flower of breaking in their contract agreement?

2. What does Snow Flower's husband say when his mother suggests they should not give food to Lily?

3. What is Master Lu's opinion of Snow Flower?

4. What do Lily and Snow Flower discuss when they visit the Temple of Gupo after the rebellion ends?

5. What arrives in Tongkou in the hot summer months after the Emperor dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Letter of Vituperation.

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

3. Are Snow Flower and Lily's husbands supportive of their laotong friendship after the rebellion?

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

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

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

7. Describe Lily's son.

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

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

10. Describe why Lily lets her son leave the upstairs chamber.

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