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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt was not human.
(b) Her aunt talked loudly and was punished by the gods.
(c) Her aunt carried the baby for her sister.
(d) Her aunt was unusually beloved by her family for being a girl.

2. What word does Maxine always add to boys' names?
(a) Friend.
(b) Mr.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

3. What did a medium once tell Maxine?
(a) That the narrator could be a medium.
(b) That the narrator would be troubled by ghosts.
(c) That the narrator would live a long life.
(d) That the narrator would never marry.

4. What does the woman give the women with bound feet?
(a) Beads.
(b) New shoes.
(c) Salve and prayers.
(d) Bags of rice.

5. What does Maxine's aunt do after delivering her baby?
(a) She hides her baby in the forest.
(b) She throws herself and her baby down the well.
(c) She returns to her home with her baby.
(d) She runs away from the village with her baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children were in Maxine's aunt's family?

3. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?

4. When did Maxine's aunt's supposed betrayal happen?

5. Who does the narrator's mother say Maxine can tell about her aunt?

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