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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the white crane boxing story, what does the spirit of the white crane later become?
(a) An old woman.
(b) An old man.
(c) A child.
(d) A black crane.

2. Which of these ideas is not introduced in "No Name Woman"?
(a) Ghost stories.
(b) The narrator's relationship with her mother.
(c) The narrator's relationship with her siblings.
(d) Chinese culture.

3. What happens to Maxine's aunt the night her baby is due?
(a) She has a dream vision.
(b) The villagers deliver her child.
(c) The villagers raid her home.
(d) She becomes very ill.

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

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

6. What character does "No Name Woman" most likely refer to?
(a) The narrator's grandmother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The narrator's aunt.
(d) The narrator's mother.

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

8. For what reason does the woman hide from battle?
(a) To avoid a particular enemy.
(b) To give birth.
(c) To tend to her husband.
(d) To visit her parents.

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

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

11. While working at the paint shop, what is the name of the color that offends Maxine?
(a) China white.
(b) Nigger yellow.
(c) Chinese yellow.
(d) Gook white.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?

2. Why do the villagers curse Maxine's aunt's home?

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

4. How often does Maxine's mother tell stories?

5. What animal appears as a sign that it is time for the young woman to leave her parents to fight?

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