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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. Why does Moon Orchid think Brave Orchid's children are vain?
(a) They spend too much money on clothes.
(b) They only respond to compliments.
(c) They spend too much time in front of the mirror.
(d) They comment on her appearance.

2. At what sport is the narrator walked automatically?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Kickball.
(d) Dodgeball.

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

4. When did Maxine's aunt marry her husband?
(a) A year before her baby was born.
(b) The day before he left for America.
(c) A year before he left for America.
(d) The day before her baby was born.

5. When the girl walks into the dead land, how does she find something to eat?
(a) She eats what she is carrying with her.
(b) A white rabbit jumps into her fire.
(c) The white tigers provide her with food.
(d) She quickly grows food from seeds she finds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?

2. Which of these Chinese customs does Maxine comment on?

3. What does Maxine's mother make her beg for at the drugstore?

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

5. In what city does Brave Orchid wait for Moon Orchid to arrive from China?

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