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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What type of grades does Maxine get in school?
(a) Bs and Cs.
(b) Straight As.
(c) She only gets As in math.
(d) Ds and Fs.

4. How many girl children were in Maxine's aunt's family?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. How old is Maxine at the beginning of the fantastical story she tells about herself?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Seven years old.
(c) Fourteen years old.
(d) Fifteen years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxine question about her mother's stories?

2. What animal appears as a sign that it is time for the young woman to leave her parents to fight?

3. What word does Maxine always add to boys' names?

4. What does Maxine say about the separation between China and America?

5. When Maxine re-tells the story of her aunt, the narrator's story shows that the aunt's final actions are done out of _____.

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