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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman Who Ran Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is dragged out of school and beaten to death in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Pin-po.
(b) Ch'ang.
(c) Ho-to.
(d) Lien.

2. Who by law stands to gain the inheritance lawfully in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Sister.
(b) Son.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

3. What is another name for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) Corvee.
(b) Lin-yu.
(c) Yu-yu.
(d) Lee-huang.

4. Who nominates a new heir for P'eng?
(a) Husband's clan.
(b) Her family.
(c) Husband's stepson.
(d) Her sister.

5. When Jen fights with the neighbor, where does his wife go?
(a) Back to the shelter.
(b) Back to the lake.
(c) Back to the temple.
(d) Back to her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the couple ransom after the war is over?

2. In Huang's "Local History," who are pressed to remarry?

3. What does the magistrate notice that people do in order to cheat on taxes?

4. In China, often women did not have rights and were sold as __________.

5. Where does Jen dump the body after he hears the village watchmen?

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