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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main reason Maxine's mother likes to tell stores?
(a) To show her understanding of story-telling techniques.
(b) To make money.
(c) To keep from falling asleep.
(d) To warn her children about life.

3. What is the woman's first enemy?
(a) A giant.
(b) Another army.
(c) The emperor.
(d) A thief.

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

5. What group terrorizes Maxine's family in China?
(a) Emperor's armies.
(b) Villagers.
(c) Feudalists.
(d) Communists.

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

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

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

9. Why does Maxine feel she is punishing her aunt?
(a) She went against her mother's wishes.
(b) She cannot speak of her.
(c) She did not like her.
(d) She never met her.

10. What does Maxine say about the separation between China and America?
(a) There is a lack of separation.
(b) There is a huge separation in culture.
(c) There is a separation in ghost stories.
(d) Her mother does not acknowledge a separation.

11. While with her army, what does the woman do at night?
(a) Tells stories to her friends.
(b) Wishes for a child.
(c) Sings to her army.
(d) Prays for her parents.

12. How does the woman kill the baron of her village?
(a) She leads him to run off a cliff.
(b) She poisons his dinner in his hut.
(c) She sends her army after him.
(d) She distracts him and cuts off his head.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children were in Maxine's aunt's family?

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

3. Whose ghost haunts Maxine?

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

5. What type of grades does Maxine get in school?

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