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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age is the girl taken to the mountains of the white tigers?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

2. 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.

3. What does legend say happens to the women with bound feet?
(a) They become immortal and protect the woman's army.
(b) They form a mercenary army that buys babies.
(c) They form a convent and pray for the woman warrior.
(d) They all die once their feet are unbound.

4. Who is Kuan Kung?
(a) The woman's husband.
(b) The legendary heroine the woman looks up to.
(c) The god of literature and war.
(d) The emperor the woman is going to fight.

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

6. How does the woman kill the baron of her village?
(a) She leads him to run off a cliff.
(b) She sends her army after him.
(c) She distracts him and cuts off his head.
(d) She poisons his dinner in his hut.

7. What does Maxine's aunt do after delivering her baby?
(a) She runs away from the village with her baby.
(b) She returns to her home with her baby.
(c) She hides her baby in the forest.
(d) She throws herself and her baby down the well.

8. What does the enemy's leader, a prince, steal from the woman?
(a) Her head wrap.
(b) Her bead pouch.
(c) Her stories.
(d) Her sword.

9. How old is Maxine at the beginning of the fantastical story she tells about herself?
(a) Fourteen years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Seven years old.
(d) Ten years old.

10. In No Name Woman, which character dies?
(a) The narrator's aunt.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator's uncle.

11. What did a medium once tell Maxine?
(a) That the narrator could be a medium.
(b) That the narrator would never marry.
(c) That the narrator would be troubled by ghosts.
(d) That the narrator would live a long life.

12. Why do the young woman's parents carve words into her back upon her return?
(a) To show her age.
(b) For good luck.
(c) To teach her a lesson.
(d) For revenge.

13. What do the traditional Chinese stories, like those told by Maxine's mother, teach Chinese girls they can be?
(a) Heroines and swordswomen.
(b) Storytellers and soothsayers.
(c) Wives and mothers.
(d) Students and wise women.

14. When Maxine re-tells the story of her aunt, the narrator's story shows that the aunt's final actions are done out of _____.
(a) Malice.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Obligation.
(d) Love.

15. How often does Maxine's mother tell stories?
(a) Nightly.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Monthly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the girl see as her future husband in the water gourd?

2. While working at the paint shop, what is the name of the color that offends Maxine?

3. Who is the father of Maxine's aunt's baby?

4. According to the old couple, at what point will the girl be ready to leave them?

5. What is the other meaning of the Chinese word for female?

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