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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. When does the ghost leave Maxine's mother?
(a) When the narrator's mother screams.
(b) When the dawn comes.
(c) When the narrator's mother recites a chant.
(d) When the school alarm goes off.

2. When the girl sees visions of people spinning in the fire, what do these people turn into?
(a) White tigers.
(b) Her parents..
(c) Angels.
(d) Mountains

3. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?
(a) The narrator's grandmother.
(b) The narrator's sister.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator's mother.

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

5. What happens to Maxine's aunt the night her baby is due?
(a) She has a dream vision.
(b) The villagers deliver her child.
(c) The villagers raid her home.
(d) She becomes very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these creatures does not drop out of the trees, according to Maxine's mother?

2. What is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother called?

3. What character does "No Name Woman" most likely refer to?

4. According to Moon Orchid, what does a daughter having a curled upper lip indicate?

5. How old is Maxine at the beginning of the fantastical story she tells about herself?

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