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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group terrorizes Maxine's family in China?
(a) Villagers.
(b) Communists.
(c) Emperor's armies.
(d) Feudalists.

2. While working at the paint shop, what is the name of the color that offends Maxine?
(a) Gook white.
(b) Chinese yellow.
(c) China white.
(d) Nigger yellow.

3. What animal appears as a sign that it is time for the young woman to leave her parents to fight?
(a) A whooping crane.
(b) A silver fox.
(c) A white horse.
(d) A chirping bird.

4. What is the first thing the girl has to learn to do?
(a) Be quiet and kneel all day.
(b) Make a fire with sticks.
(c) Survive in the wild alone.
(d) Exercise and become strong.

5. Why do the young woman's parents carve words into her back upon her return?
(a) For good luck.
(b) For revenge.
(c) To teach her a lesson.
(d) To show her age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other meaning of the Chinese word for female?

2. When the girl walks into the dead land, how does she find something to eat?

3. What does the old couple give the girl, now a young woman, as a parting gift?

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 _____.

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

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