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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At the Western Palace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game do Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid watch in Chinatown?
(a) Hemp-bird.
(b) Dice.
(c) Chinese Checkers.
(d) Skid Row.

2. 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) Wives and mothers.
(d) Heroines and swordswomen.

3. What is the other meaning of the Chinese word for female?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Slave.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Warrior.

4. At the end of At the Western Palace, what does Brave Orchid warn her children of?
(a) Not to live alone.
(b) Not to depend on others for money.
(c) Not to marry young.
(d) Not to let their father marry another woman.

5. Where is Moon Orchid finally happy living?
(a) In a mental asylum.
(b) In her daughter's house.
(c) In Brave Orchid's house.
(d) In her own apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subjects did all of Brave Orchid's children major in?

2. Which of these Chinese customs does Maxine comment on?

3. From whom does Brave Orchid buy her slave girl?

4. When the girl returns from her journey, what is it time for her to begin?

5. In the white crane boxing story, what does the spirit of the white crane later become?

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