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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. What is Snow Flower's father addicted to?

2. What does Lily paint on the fan after she has read third-day books for Snow Flower?

3. What do Snow Flower and Lily create to appease Beautiful Moon's spirit?

4. What does Snow Flower teach Lily through her example when they are at the Temple of Gupo?

5. Why do Lily's father and uncle make for her, Beautiful Moon, and Snow Flower during the hot month?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Madame Wang suggest about Lily having a laotong?

2. Is Elder Sister happy after she is married?

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

4. What does Lily think of her new husband?

5. At the beginning of the novel, what does Lily say interests her now?

6. What does the narrator, Lily, say about what caused every problem in her life?

7. How does Snow Flower describe Lily's in-laws?

8. Is Lily shocked when she visits Snow Flower's home?

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

10. What does Lily learn about when she goes with Snow Flower and Madame Wang to the fair at the Temple of Gupo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are girls and women restricted in their interaction with the larger world outside their homes? In what way does a "women's chamber" confine them? Provide three examples of how Lily catches glimpses of the world in her "daughter days."

Essay Topic 2

Describe Madame Wang and her role in the novel. Does she seem to have more power as a woman because she has business dealings with men? Why doesn't Lily like her?

Essay Topic 3

Women are described in the novel as a "worthless branch" and weak. How does Lily show strength and value throughout her life as a daughter, wife, mother, and friend? How does she continue to become a stronger person as she ages?

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