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

2. What is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother called?
(a) A Tormenting Ghost.
(b) A Flying Ghost.
(c) A Haunting Ghost.
(d) A Sitting Ghost.

3. What document does Maxine's mother have mailed to America?
(a) Her marriage license.
(b) Her birth certificate.
(c) Her husband's birth certificate.
(d) Her medical diploma.

4. For how many years does Maxine's mother not reach her husband?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maxine's father leaves China, who goes with him?

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

3. Why does Maxine add a word to boys' names?

4. Whose ghost haunts Maxine?

5. Why does Moon Orchid think Brave Orchid's children are vain?

(see the answer key)

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