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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose ghost haunts Maxine?
(a) The narrator's aunt.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's baby cousin.
(d) The narrator's mother.

2. What word does Maxine always add to boys' names?
(a) Friend.
(b) Mr.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

3. When the girl returns from her journey, what is it time for her to begin?
(a) Learning about the white tigers.
(b) Her cooking lessons.
(c) Learning about her visions.
(d) Her dragon lessons.

4. Why does Maxine add a word to boys' names?
(a) It is a sign of romantic affection.
(b) She does not have any brothers of her own.
(c) It is part of the Chinese culture.
(d) She feels it shows sisterly affection.

5. How many children were in Maxine's aunt's family?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

6. 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.

7. Why is Maxine fired from her job at the land developer's association?
(a) She refuses to type invitations.
(b) She refuses to paint with a certain color.
(c) She refuses to answer the phones.
(d) She refuses to marry her boss.

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

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

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

11. According to Chinese custom, where would Maxine's mother and aunt have lived after their husbands left?
(a) In their own homes.
(b) Outside the village
(c) With their in-laws.
(d) In the same home.

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

13. While with her army, what does the woman do at night?
(a) Prays for her parents.
(b) Sings to her army.
(c) Wishes for a child.
(d) Tells stories to her friends.

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

15. What is the first thing the girl has to learn to do?
(a) Be quiet and kneel all day.
(b) Exercise and become strong.
(c) Survive in the wild alone.
(d) Make a fire with sticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the girl walks into the dead land, how does she find something to eat?

2. Who is Kuan Kung?

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

4. For how long does the girl agree to stay with the people she meets?

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

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