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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. What is complicated and difficult to follow in Chinese society regarding inheritance?
(a) Invasion.
(b) Tax code.
(c) Murder.
(d) Chinese law.

2. Where does Jen's wife go after being abandoned?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Lake.
(d) Temple.

3. Who is just a stand-in for the rights of a son in the story of P'eng?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Father.
(c) Widow.
(d) Niece.

4. 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.

5. What strong impulse do women have about the family in times of death or stress?
(a) Fight back.
(b) Kill themselves.
(c) Maintain family honor.
(d) Be happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the couple pose as from the fighting around them?

2. What is cruelly enforced in the countryside more than the city according to the magistrate?

3. What does the killer of the boy expect as he claims the murder was revenge in the Woman P'eng story?

4. What is used for fertilizer for sorghum cultivation in Peking in Huang's story?

5. In "Hsi-liu," who has difficulty learning to read?

(see the answer key)

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