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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the fortune teller, what is the number of the universe?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 6.

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

3. When does the ghost leave Maxine's mother?
(a) When the narrator's mother recites a chant.
(b) When the dawn comes.
(c) When the narrator's mother screams.
(d) When the school alarm goes off.

4. For how long does the girl agree to stay with the people she meets?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Fourteen years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maxine re-tell her aunts story?

2. When did Maxine's aunt marry her husband?

3. What instrument does the quiet girl play?

4. When does Maxine become miserable at school?

5. Where does Moon Orchid sit at the laundry?

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