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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 does the piece of wood smell like when the girls burn it?
(a) Mold.
(b) Perfume.
(c) A corpse.
(d) A gas leak.

2. What does the woman give the women with bound feet?
(a) Beads.
(b) Bags of rice.
(c) New shoes.
(d) Salve and prayers.

3. What is the woman's first enemy?
(a) The emperor.
(b) Another army.
(c) A giant.
(d) A thief.

4. What age does Maxine say that her mother is?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 37.
(d) 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of At the Western Palace, what does Brave Orchid warn her children of?

2. What does the enemy's leader, a prince, steal from the woman?

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

4. What type of grades does Maxine get in school?

5. Who is Moon Orchid afraid of while she is living in California?

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