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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the girl stay at the top of the mountain?
(a) A hut.
(b) A tent.
(c) A cave.
(d) A rock shelter.

3. Why do the villagers curse Maxine's aunt's home?
(a) She cursed her neighbor's child.
(b) She stole food from them.
(c) They are afraid her infidelity harmed them.
(d) They want to avenge her husband.

4. What do the villagers admire Maxine's mother for when she first returns from medical school?
(a) She has a slave.
(b) She lost weight.
(c) She is well dressed.
(d) She has an education.

5. Who does the narrator's mother say Maxine can tell about her aunt?
(a) Just her sisters.
(b) Just her father.
(c) Only friends of the family.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chinese custom, where would Maxine's mother and aunt have lived after their husbands left?

2. What age does Maxine say that her mother is?

3. Why does Maxine feel her aunt's ghost is suffering?

4. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?

5. What does Maxine's mother bring to the haunted room at the school at night?

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