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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. What is one thing Moon Orchid learns to do at the laundry?
(a) Fold towels.
(b) Hang clothes.
(c) Take orders.
(d) Run errands.

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

3. What grade level in school do Maxine and her sister flunk?
(a) First grade.
(b) Fourth grade.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Second grade.

4. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A lion.
(d) A panther.

5. 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 leaves out parts.
(b) The narrator's story is embellished.
(c) The narrator's story is exactly the same as the original.
(d) The narrator's story does not include her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the girl sees visions of people spinning in the fire, what do these people turn into?

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

3. What word does Maxine always add to boys' names?

4. How is Moon Orchid's daughter's husband described?

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

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