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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. Which children does Maxine like at school?
(a) Mexican Children.
(b) White Children.
(c) Black children.
(d) Japanese Children.

2. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt was tortured.
(b) Her aunt was not actually pregnant.
(c) Her aunt was pregnant before her husband left.
(d) Her aunt was raped.

3. Which of these is not an option Brave Orchid presents to Moon Orchid for jobs?
(a) Working in the canneries.
(b) Working as a bank teller.
(c) Working as a maid.
(d) Working at a restaurant in Chinatown.

4. According to Maxine, how long do the narrator and her sister stay silent while in school?
(a) The first six weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Months at a time.
(d) Three years.

5. What does Maxine's mother think has poisoned her?
(a) Her daughter's soup.
(b) LSD in her cough medicine.
(c) Oil in her drinking water.
(d) The ghosts from her stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the girl returns from her journey, what is it time for her to begin?

2. For what profession does Brave Orchid tell the dealer she will train the slave girl?

3. How do Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid get Moon Orchid's husband to come outside of his building?

4. Who is Kuan Kung?

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

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