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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Maxine's father leaves China, who goes with him?
(a) Only his sister's husband.
(b) The other men in his family.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife and daughters.

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 does the narrator's mother say Maxine can tell about her aunt?
(a) Just her sisters.
(b) No one.
(c) Only friends of the family.
(d) Just her father.

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

6. What does the woman give the women with bound feet?
(a) Beads.
(b) Bags of rice.
(c) New shoes.
(d) Salve and prayers.

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

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

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

10. What do the people she meets show the girl to convince her to stay?
(a) An image in a water jug .
(b) A sword with an inscription.
(c) A vision of her future.
(d) A letter from her parents.

11. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?
(a) The narrator's grandmother.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The narrator's sister.

12. In No Name Woman, who is telling the story?
(a) The author.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The aunt.
(d) The mother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maxine feel she is punishing her aunt?

2. In No Name Woman, which character dies?

3. While with her army, what does the woman do at night?

4. Why does Maxine re-tell her aunts story?

5. Why is Maxine fired from her job at the land developer's association?

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