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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lily?

2. What does Lily say her grandmother looked like to her when she was five?

3. How old is Elder Sister when Madame Gao comes to visit for the first time?

4. What does Madame Wang tell Snow Flower to do for Beautiful Moon after she has died?

5. What does Snow Flower ask Madame Wang to give Lily?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lily and Snow Flower when they are fifteen.

2. Describe the diviner's visit to Lily's home when she was five.

3. What does Madame Wang suggest is the reason Lily is not invited to Snow Flower's home?

4. In what way does Snow Flower reassure Lily about her impending wedding and marriage?

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

6. Describe the moment when Lily knows that Snow Flower loves her when they are in the women's chamber.

7. Is Elder Sister happy after she is married?

8. Describe Lily's childhood home.

9. Why is the fan important to Snow Flower and Lily?

10. What story does Aunt tell the girls about nu shu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the contract that Lily and Snow Flower write? How do they uphold this contract through the years? What makes Lily think that Snow Flower has broken it?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Snow Flower's relationship with her husband. How does he treat her and what excuses does she make for him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the idyllic scene before Beautiful Moon dies. What does Lily say is the reason that Beautiful Moon dies? How does her death affect Lily?

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