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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 does Lily say sons are to women?

2. What is Lily's eldest son studying to be in "Into the Clouds"?

3. What do Lily and Snow Flower agree on about the binding of their daughters' feet?

4. What kind of animal personality does Lily say Snow Flower's mother-in-law has?

5. What are days of mothering referred to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Does Lily miss her husband?

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

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

6. Describe Snow Flower and Lily's complaints about their mothers-in-law.

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

8. Describe Lily's son.

9. How does Lily care for her mother-in-law when she becomes sick with typhoid?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How does Lily show her caring, helpful nature when she is on the mountain? What characters does she help the most and how does she show her compassion? Use specific textual examples to support your ideas.

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