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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?
(a) They are looking to pull someone down in the water to replace them.
(b) They are most likely to haunt people because of unfinished business.
(c) They act violently because of their traumatic deaths.
(d) They have the most unlikely deaths.

2. Why does Maxine feel her aunt's ghost is suffering?
(a) She has unfinished business.
(b) She is loved by others.
(c) She must haunt the villagers.
(d) She must fight for food.

3. What do the traditional Chinese stories, like those told by Maxine's mother, teach Chinese girls they can be?
(a) Storytellers and soothsayers.
(b) Students and wise women.
(c) Heroines and swordswomen.
(d) Wives and mothers.

4. When Maxine re-tells the story of her aunt, the narrator's story shows that the aunt's final actions are done out of _____.
(a) Obligation.
(b) Malice.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Love.

5. What does Maxine question about her mother's stories?
(a) If they are all true.
(b) If she has changed the names.
(c) If she believes them herself.
(d) If they are warnings for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main reason Maxine's mother likes to tell stores?

2. Who is Kuan Kung?

3. How does the woman kill the baron of her village?

4. Which of these ideas is not introduced in "No Name Woman"?

5. Why does Maxine feel she is punishing her aunt?

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