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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yu-Fang do to pass the time in her loneliness?
(a) Reads and plays Mah Jong.
(b) Visits with her family.
(c) Holds parties at her home.
(d) Writes love letters to her General.

2. What is so different about Yu-Fang and Dr. Xia's relationship frommost others of the time?
(a) There was a large age difference.
(b) Yu-Fang had been married before.
(c) They truly loved each other.
(d) It was not arranged.

3. Why are the Governor's wives unable to bear children?
(a) The wives secretly and purposely end all pregnancies.
(b) The Governor is infertile.
(c) They are all too young to bear children.
(d) The wives all share a disease that makes them infertile.

4. In what was Yu-Fang's father buried?
(a) A pit of bodies.
(b) An old suitcase.
(c) A cedar box.
(d) A fancy urn.

5. Why are Dr. Xia's children angry with the match between Yu-Fang and their father?
(a) They are upset about the age difference.
(b) They do not respect her family heritage.
(c) They are afraid Yu-Fang will take over their fortune.
(d) They dissapprove of her former life as a concubine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Xia's son do to convince Yu-Fang and him to move out?

2. What did Dr. Xia give a man that led to his imprisonment and eventual death?

3. What were the only two things that Chinese people were allowed to eat?

4. Why was Yu-Fang's father so desperate for money?

5. Why was Yu-Fang afraid of her own servants?

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