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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the girl agree to stay with the people she meets?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Fifteen years.

2. What is the difference between Maxine's account of Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid meeting Moon Orchid's husband and the version is was originally told?
(a) The narrator's story does not include her mother.
(b) The narrator's story is exactly the same as the original.
(c) The narrator's story is embellished.
(d) The narrator's story leaves out parts.

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

4. Which of these creatures does not drop out of the trees, according to Maxine's mother?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Apes.
(c) Were-people.
(d) Thieves.

5. What substance is on the piece of wood the girls find under the bed?
(a) Sap.
(b) Blood.
(c) Water.
(d) Pus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the first place Brave Orchid set foot in America?

2. In No Name Woman, who is telling the story?

3. Where does Moon Orchid live after she sees her husband again?

4. For what reason does Maxine's mother call the police?

5. What does legend say happens to the women with bound feet?

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