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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the traditional Chinese stories, like those told by Maxine's mother, teach Chinese girls they can be?
(a) Students and wise women.
(b) Wives and mothers.
(c) Storytellers and soothsayers.
(d) Heroines and swordswomen.

4. According to the old couple, at what point will the girl be ready to leave them?
(a) When she can recite all of their teachings..
(b) When she can survive on the mountain of the white tigers.
(c) When she can point to the sky and a sword appears.
(d) When she can see visions in the water gourd

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

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

7. How many years has it been since Maxine's mother told the narrator the story of her aunt?
(a) 20.
(b) 1.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

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

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

10. What animal appears as a sign that it is time for the young woman to leave her parents to fight?
(a) A whooping crane.
(b) A white horse.
(c) A chirping bird.
(d) A silver fox.

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

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

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

14. What does Maxine question about her mother's stories?
(a) If they are warnings for the future.
(b) If they are all true.
(c) If she believes them herself.
(d) If she has changed the names.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?

3. Why does Maxine add a word to boys' names?

4. What character does "No Name Woman" most likely refer to?

5. When Maxine's father leaves China, who goes with him?

(see the answer keys)

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