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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character specifically does not want to hear about Maxine's aunt?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The narrator's sister.

2. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?
(a) They act violently because of their traumatic deaths.
(b) They have the most unlikely deaths.
(c) They are most likely to haunt people because of unfinished business.
(d) They are looking to pull someone down in the water to replace them.

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

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

5. Why does Maxine feel her aunt's ghost is suffering?
(a) She is loved by others.
(b) She must haunt the villagers.
(c) She has unfinished business.
(d) She must fight for food.

6. Why does Maxine re-tell her aunts story?
(a) So she can be haunted by ghosts.
(b) So she can depict the aunt in a better light.
(c) So she can break the curse of her aunt.
(d) So her mother will be angry.

7. When the girl sees visions of people spinning in the fire, what do these people turn into?
(a) Angels.
(b) Mountains
(c) Her parents..
(d) White tigers.

8. What type of grades does Maxine get in school?
(a) Straight As.
(b) Ds and Fs.
(c) Bs and Cs.
(d) She only gets As in math.

9. Where does Maxine's aunt deliver her baby?
(a) In her home.
(b) In the pigsty.
(c) In her sister-in-law's home.
(d) In the garden.

10. What substance is the girl shown that could allow her to live forever?
(a) Tree sap.
(b) White tiger hair.
(c) Silver.
(d) Water from a gourd.

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

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

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

14. Why do the villagers curse Maxine's aunt's home?
(a) They want to avenge her husband.
(b) She stole food from them.
(c) She cursed her neighbor's child.
(d) They are afraid her infidelity harmed them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the enemy's leader, a prince, steal from the woman?

4. What does legend say happens to the women with bound feet?

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

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