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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 does the widow with the two sons run well in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Bar.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Family business.
(d) Home.

2. Jen is a poor man who marries a woman called _______.
(a) Tao.
(b) Wang.
(c) Huai.
(d) Ts'ui-hsien.

3. In order to keep the family peace, what does P'u Sung-ling's father have to do?
(a) Hire a tutor.
(b) Create a white flag.
(c) Divide the family household.
(d) Send P'u Sung-ling away.

4. In "Hsi-liu," who has difficulty learning to read?
(a) Ch'ang-fu.
(b) Hsi-liu.
(c) Huang.
(d) Ch'ang-hu.

5. Where does Jen dump the body after he hears the village watchmen?
(a) Snow.
(b) Huang's house.
(c) Kao's house.
(d) Swing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?

2. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?

3. Who is the magistrate who carefully plots a strategy to kill or capture the Wang gangsters?

4. Since the widow does not have any rights at all, what do the cousins believe that by killing the boy they could get in the Woman P'eng story?

5. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?

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