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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. What is one thing Moon Orchid learns to do at the laundry?
(a) Hang clothes.
(b) Run errands.
(c) Take orders.
(d) Fold towels.

2. Who does the girl meet at the top of the mountain?
(a) An old man and an old woman.
(b) An elderly soothsayer.
(c) A ghost from her past.
(d) Her mother and father.

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

4. Who first tells Maxine the story about Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid confronting Moon Orchid's husband?
(a) The narrator's siblings.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) The narrator's aunt.
(d) Moon Orchid.

5. Who is Kuan Kung?
(a) The woman's husband.
(b) The god of literature and war.
(c) The legendary heroine the woman looks up to.
(d) The emperor the woman is going to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman's first enemy?

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

3. How does Brave Orchid view her sister when Moon Orchid first arrives?

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

5. While with her army, what does the woman do at night?

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