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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the girl in Maxine's story follow at the beginning of the story?
(a) The whispers of a ghost.
(b) The call of a bird.
(c) The shadows of the sun.
(d) The whistle of the wind.

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

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

5. Who does the girl see as her future husband in the water gourd?
(a) A childhood playmate.
(b) An army warrior.
(c) A distant cousin.
(d) A man she meets on the mountain.

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

7. 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.

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

9. Where does the girl stay at the top of the mountain?
(a) A hut.
(b) A cave.
(c) A tent.
(d) A rock shelter.

10. When Maxine's father leaves China, what country does he go to?
(a) Canada.
(b) Korea.
(c) Japan.
(d) America.

11. Which of these Chinese customs does Maxine comment on?
(a) Remaining silent at the dinner table.
(b) Talking loudly.
(c) Walking erect.
(d) All of the above.

12. What is the other meaning of the Chinese word for female?
(a) Warrior.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Slave.

13. 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 convent and pray for the woman warrior.
(c) They form a mercenary army that buys babies.
(d) They all die once their feet are unbound.

14. Who does the girl meet at the top of the mountain?
(a) An elderly soothsayer.
(b) A ghost from her past.
(c) An old man and an old woman.
(d) Her mother and father.

15. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt carried the baby for her sister.
(b) Her aunt was not human.
(c) Her aunt talked loudly and was punished by the gods.
(d) Her aunt was unusually beloved by her family for being a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the traditional Chinese stories, like those told by Maxine's mother, teach Chinese girls they can be?

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

3. How does the woman kill the baron of her village?

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

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

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