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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At the Western Palace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A panther.
(d) A lion.

2. What does Maxine's mother think has poisoned her?
(a) Her daughter's soup.
(b) LSD in her cough medicine.
(c) The ghosts from her stories.
(d) Oil in her drinking water.

3. How is Moon Orchid's husband's second wife described?
(a) She is old and ugly.
(b) She is short and fat.
(c) She is smart and well-spoken.
(d) She is young and pretty.

4. What disease does Brave Orchid examine the slave girls for?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Osteoperosis.
(c) Bulemia.
(d) Anemia.

5. According to the old couple, at what point will the girl be ready to leave them?
(a) When she can see visions in the water gourd
(b) When she can recite all of their teachings..
(c) When she can survive on the mountain of the white tigers.
(d) When she can point to the sky and a sword appears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Maxine at the beginning of the fantastical story she tells about herself?

2. What do the people she meets show the girl to convince her to stay?

3. Why do the young woman's parents carve words into her back upon her return?

4. Who does the girl see as her future husband in the water gourd?

5. What does Maxine's mother buy in China to act as a bodyguard?

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