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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. Who is the father of Maxine's aunt's baby?
(a) The narrator's aunt's husband.
(b) The narrator's aunt's neighbor.
(c) A man who raped the narrator's aunt.
(d) The narrator does not know.

2. What illness does Maxine get while at her parent's house?
(a) A spider headache.
(b) A pain in her heart.
(c) A fever and delirium.
(d) Whooping cough.

3. Why does Maxine's mother burn candles in the laundry?
(a) To dry the germs.
(b) To light the laundry.
(c) To ward off the ghosts.
(d) To make needed wax.

4. Where does Moon Orchid live after she sees her husband again?
(a) With her daughter.
(b) With Brave Orchid.
(c) With her husband's second wife.
(d) With her husband.

5. Where does Maxine's aunt deliver her baby?
(a) In the pigsty.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In her home.
(d) In her sister-in-law's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these ideas is not introduced in "No Name Woman"?

2. For how many years is Maxine's mother at medical school?

3. Where does Maxine attend college in the sixties?

4. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?

5. How does Moon Orchid interact with the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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